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Rodeca Facade

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Modular translucent facade system

Rodeca Facade

Intermediar aluminium profile connecting the polycarbonate panels to each other and to the load bearing frame.

Section view off the taped tongue-and-groove panels.

The narrow horizontal façade sections can be removed and provide flexibility to allow structural connections to the steel structure behind.

Summary

The Rodeca polycarbonate facade system is reversible, flexible, light weight, highly insulating, strong, weather resistant and translucent.

Details

Rodeca installed its polycarbonate panels on the GTB Lab. First the main roof, then the core and finally the circular GTB module. The material has the same insulation value as triple glazing and allows daylight into the building, but also has some advantageous reversible properties. It is not as fragile as glass and more than 10 times lighter. More importantly, the elements can be assembled and disassembled quickly, easily and with a minimum of waste. The reversible GTB Lab module shows that the CO2 emissions per m2 of facade are 2.5 times lower for the polycarbonate panel than for glass, not to mention the CO2 emissions avoided due to the lighter supporting structure.

Owner

Architect

Industry consortium

Rodeca Systems BV

Location

Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 165, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Construction year

2019

Gross floor area

2,25 m2

Gross building volume

26,1 m3

Hazardous materials

None

Circularity data

Reversible BIM: the 3D color-coded model visualizes the reuse potential per element.
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Embodied mass:

Embodied carbon:

3,90 ton (22,52 kg/m2)

9,07 ton CO2 (52,47 kg CO2/m2)

Circularity Profile:

direct reuse/reuse by repair:

recycling:

waste:

Reused mass:

Reused carbon:

2,73 ton (15,76 kg/m2)

6,35 ton CO2 (36,72 kg CO2/m2)

No. of elements:

No. of disassembly steps:

394

Circularity profile

Ratio of Reuse Potential after processing.

Tonnage

gtb lab phase 1 - circularity profile tonnage.jpg

Carbon

gtb lab phase 1 - circularity profile tonnage.jpg

Material per recovery option

Ratio of Reuse Potential.

Tonnage

gtb lab phase 1 - tonnage recovery option.jpg

Carbon

gtb lab phase 1 - carbon recovery option.jpg

Reused materials per function, and per recovery option

Tonnage

gtb lab phase 1 - tonnage avoided waste.jpg

Carbon

gtb lab phase 1 - carbon avoided waste.jpg

Breakdown of materials

Tonnage

gtb lab phase 1 - tonnage material distr.jpg

Carbon

gtb lab phase 1 - carbon material distr.jpg

Overview of materials per recovery option

Tonnage

gtb lab phase 1 - tonnage overview materials.jpg

Carbon

gtb lab phase 1 - carbon overview materials.jpg

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Rodeca Facade

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