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Investcorp Building

Location

Oxford, UK

Architect

Zaha Hadid Architects
London, UK

Data

Overall Project Time:
2014

Execution Period:
Approx. 18 Months

The spectacular free-form facade of the Investcorp Building in Oxford was completely planned, manufactured and installed by FRENER & REIFER.

Scope of work

  • 650 m² double-curved stainless steel sheet facade with electro-polished surface.
  • 25 drop-shaped skylights integrated into the glass edge screen print.
  • Southern minimo_FR transom/mullion glass facade in various geometries and graduating dot-matrix screen-print serving as sun protection.
  • minimo_FR entrance door.
  • All-glass ground floor facade.
  • East window with complex geometry across several levels.

Innovations / Challenges

  • Approx. 300 free-formed, partly double-curved electro-polished stainless steel sheets.
  • Constricted site situation in historic building environment.
  • Huge, hundred-year-old tree which could not be damaged in any way.
  • Erection of scaffold around complex freeform structure.
  • Design, fabrication and precision installation of rooflights.
  • Packaging and the delivery logistics of the highly sensitive electro-polished stainless steel sheet.
  • Parametrically planned complete solution construction.
 

Related links

» Zaha Hadid Architects
» Facebook FRENER & REIFER
» dezeen
» construction-manager
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