A Renson Linarte façade with random profiling was the crowning touch at the RE-AVES office in the Dutch town of Helmond.
To catapult the building to the present day, RE-AVES contacted Netherlands-based company, LXarchitects. The property was completely gutted and the interior evolved from closed to open, including the integration of glass sections. The workstations were modernised, the steel structure coated, and the concrete floor coated. And the façade also underwent a transformation.
LXarchitects explored the possibilities. Architect Bas Knapen compared materials and colours, also considered wooden variants.
Bas commented: “The choice eventually fell on aluminium combined with stucco. This provides a nice contrast, isn’t as commonplace, and will stand the test of time. The neutral black and white colour palette also repeats itself in the interior, where we added warmth through natural materials.”
The architect deliberately sought a changing rhythm for the new façade. LXarchitects chose random profiling and determined a nice mix. All the profiles, accounting for 78m², were placed within five days.
Smooth installation is one of Linarte’s advantages. You have to think of it as a kind of accordion, with 2mm margin (narrower and wider) per profile.
So if there are already frames, you can still slide various profiles in and out to create the desired look. That gives more freedom in execution.
Ease of installation is also a strong argument in new buildings, in addition to the vertical character that makes the façade easy to clean and the possibility of integrating techniques.
