Royal Museum Central Africa

Contemporary transparency for a colonial palace

The Royal Museum for Central Africa, a historic colonial palace in Tervuren, has been supplemented with state-of-the-art technology and innovative solutions to meet requirements in comfort and security without compromising its historical character.

Détails de la référence

Gebäudetyp	Sport et culture
Produktbereiche	Façades Coulissants Fenêtres Portes
Schüco Systeme	Janisol Primo VISS Basic Portes accordéon et coulissantes Jansen
Merkmale	Rénovation
Standort	Tervuren, Belgium
Fertigstellung	2019
Architekten	Origin Architecture & Engineering cvba,Stéphane Beel Architecten BV
Fachbetrieb	Kloeckner Metals Belgium
Bildnachweis	© Tim Fisher Photography

Optimisation of comfort and security

To improve the thermal and acoustic comfort in the halls and galleries of the building, a double-glazed wall was installed behind the existing glazing of the almost six-metre-tall façade. Janisol Primo profiles were used for this. To increase stability, these were reinforced with rear sulphur louvre blades. The gallery is partitioned into sections using a glass installation with VIXX Fire (EI60) and Janisol 2 profiles (EI30). This are equipped with hemispherical toplights that imitate the arch of the gallery. The glass units not only optimise fire protection, but also the indoor climate of the exhibition rooms.

Produktinformationen

Janisol Primo

Highly thermally insulated steel windows with slimline face widths

Excellent thermal insulation combined with attractive design: with Janisol Primo windows from Schüco, cold can be reliably kept outside, even during extreme temperatures – with attractive architectural design freedom for a modern, sustainable building.

VISS Basic

Steel add-on construction for innovative solutions with maximum process reliability during fabrication

Based on the tried-and-tested VISS modular system, VISS Basic offers economical and stylish system solutions for steel façade constructions that can be mounted on any support. There is a free choice of shape and material for the load-bearing structure.

Folding and sliding Door

Portes accordéon et coulissantes Jansen

Highly stable steel profile system for large-scale glazed sliding, folding and bi-fold doors

The superior structural properties of the material allows the non-insulated Jansen steel profiles to have narrow dimensions. Even large-format door units can be implemented with a high stability and a slimline look.