The trend in contemporary architecture is towards a growing usage of finishes and effects, created using materials of great aesthetic value, diverse in nature (materials and colours) and size (modules). 

The Ventilated Facade enables these expectations to be met whilst complying with all the necessary architectural requirements, thus ensuring the protection of external walls that can integrate two fundamental aspects which do not normally co-exist:

•  Weatherproofing
•  The wall’s ventilation

What is more, this technology complies with the fundamental requirements and performance specifications for perimeter walls, significantly improving the quality of habitability.
The aluminium substructure is the load bearer for the facade, making the cladding extremely dependable and lightweight (dry mechanical construction system).

The characteristic that  has always distinguished the Ventilated Facade system is that it creates an air pocket, which moves between the wall it covers and the external cladding face.
This effect can sometimes be achieved, using a closed joint face, by creating a chimney effect air passage, but this is often impossible on the facades of buildings.
Openings, overhangs or other construction elements may, in fact, interrupt the thickness and height of the air chamber, thus eliminating the positive effects of ventilation. Additionally, a strong rising airflow does not aid in insulating the wall, especially during winter months.




Continuous outside face: "Chimney Effect" Ventilation

The open jointed Ventilated Facade solution allows us to solve these problems.
Laboratory tests on the airflow patterns within the ventilation chamber, along with the experience gathered during the last twenty years, allow us to determine that the airflow in an open-jointed facade is more consistent and continuous than within a closed-joint one, because of the wind’s influence, because of the heating/cooling of the air, and also because any architectural constraints have no impact on the positive airflow within the “chamber”.




Discontinuous outside face: (open joint) localised ventilation