LCA

Project • By BBP ARKITEKTER A/S • Nurseries

Egedammen Kindergarten

Egedammen is a municipal kindergarten for 144 children in Gladsaxe a part of Greater Copenhagen. The building is designed with a phenomenological approach, focusing on spatial experiences and the way children perceive scale, light, sound, and materials. Constructed primarily in wood with a brick exterior shell, the kindergarten is certified with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, one of the world’s strictest environmental certifications. Jens Markus Lindhe Jens Markus Lindhe The kindergarten is located next to the historic farmhouse Egegården, now used as an after-school centre. The architecture of the farmhouse served as inspiration for the new building, helping it blend into its local context. The façades are built wi... More

Marcel van den Burg

Project • By Zwarthout l Shou Sugi Ban • Apartments

Mooijburg Amsterdam

Sustainable CLT apartments by Mooijburg Amsterdam designed by Natrufied Architecture. We are extremely happy that our fire class B product Yoroi is being used for the facade cladding! Marcel van den Burg More

Kees de Vries

Project • By Zwarthout l Shou Sugi Ban • Highways

Groene Boog

We proudly present a new Yoroi project of public buildings designed by Quist Wintermans Architekten: De Groene Boog! Our assembly team mounts the entire façade of the service buildings with our charred bamboo ‘’Yoroi‘’ including fire class B-s1-d0. Kees de Vries Kees de Vries More

Primary school and childcare KC Meerdijk

MVL Media Groep

Project • By Zwarthout l Shou Sugi Ban • Nurseries

Primary school and childcare KC Meerdijk

Set within a green residential environment, this public building designed by RAU architects demonstrates how material performance and architectural expression can reinforce one another. The building’s monolithic appearance is defined by Yoroi; a deeply charred bamboo façade developed for projects where aesthetics, durability and certified fire safety are equally essential. Powerful architectural identityThe façade creates a calm yet powerful architectural identity. Its dark, tactile surface allows the volume to merge naturally into the surrounding landscape, while the refined markings of the charred bamboo introduce depth, texture and subtle variation. Under changing daylight conditions, the carbonised surface develops... More

BDG Architecten

Project • By BDG Architecten • Primary Schools

Esdal College Borger

On the outskirts of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn, in the east of the Netherlands, the new building of the Esdal College offers a modern home for around two hundred pre-vocational secondary education (vmbo) students. They themselves were also allowed to help determine what their ideal school should look like. Together with the teachers, they created a list of requirements: the new school had to include high-tech features and provide a warm, homely, and safe atmosphere. BDG Architecten The two-story school building is compact and clearly organized around a distinctly recognizable core. The ground floor is designed for activity oriented learning, with practical subjects such as 'Services & Products' and 'Arts & Culture'. On... More

Product • By Zwarthout l Shou Sugi Ban • Yoroi

Yoroi

Yoroi | Fire-safe charred bamboo for uncompromising façade architecture B-s1,d0 fire performance. No chemical fire retardants. A bio-based material with a powerful architectural identity. As architecture moves towards a lower-carbon future, façade materials are expected to do more. They must meet demanding fire-safety requirements, reduce embodied carbon, perform reliably for decades and contribute to the architectural identity of a building. Yoroi brings these demands together in one distinctive façade material. Developed by Zwarthout | Shou Sugi Ban, Yoroi is a deeply charred façade cladding made from FSC®-certified MOSO® Bamboo X-treme®. Its intense black, tactile surface gives buil... More