Hotel Castel

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Scope of work

Technical design, fabrication, installation and commissioning.

• Gourmet restaurant Castel finedining:
• 22m wide curved glass front with 5 x curved sliding door systems, size 4m x 2,8m.
• 22 linear metres of curved glass balustrades.
• Vertical awnings with cable guide.

• Main restaurant Castel ÀlaCarte, including terraces:
• 500m² load-bearing steel roof structure and integrated openable sliding roof - 84m² single-leaf steel/glass roof in triple insulating glazing.
• Approx. 38 linear metres of glass balustrades.
• Skylight glazing, 10m x 1.4m in length.
• Large format sliding leafs, 5 m x 2.80 m, each weighing 650kg.
• Horizontal large-surface awning as counter-tension system.
• Terrace wind and weather protection: vertical and horizontal awning systems with custom elements.

• Entrance Area / Lobby:
• Entrance area glazing in stick system construction with automatic sliding doors.
• Aluminium items, including cladding panels, windows and doors in construction colour.

Innovations / Challenges

• Automatically opening steel/glass sliding roof, size 15.2m x 5.5m. For the roof structure, proof of the bearing loads to be considered had to be provided; the dead weight of the sliding glass roof was 8 tons, with an additional imputed snow load of 7 tons. 3D simulation of structural and dynamic load cases (roof movements and deflections).
• Curved sliding doors custom designed for the gourmet restaurant.