Walls
Load-bearing and infill perimeter walls — the building’s structural mass.
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Load-bearing and infill perimeter walls — the building’s structural mass.
Cladding detached from the wall with a breathing air cavity.
Insulation bonded outside the wall, base-coated and rendered (ETICS).
Lightweight dry partitions — metal frame and boards with cavity insulation.
Load-bearing horizontal decks — clay-concrete, steel, timber, solid slabs.
Pitched and flat roofs — waterproofing, insulation and finish layers.
Floor build-ups — screed, insulation and finish surface.
The dialogue with the ground — footings, inverted beams and rafts.