Polycarbonate
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about polycarbonate
Project • By Takayuki Kuzushima • Warehouses
Hut
This building is a hut-like house on the outskirts of Aichi Prefecture.The area around the building is a peaceful place with fields and bamboo forests.The planned site has two main houses, and a study hut and an agricultural equipment shed attached to them.Several decades ago, there was a livestock hut.There, two or three generations live on a single site with multiple buildings.And they live in a way that keeps building renewed in line with their current life, as they thought of on the spot.A client working as an electrician requested a room such as a study room and dining kitchen, a storage space for materials, a refreshing space with colleagues at work, and a place where local people gather in the event of a disaster.This plan is like ad... More
Project • By PT Arch Studio • Private Houses
The Andromeda
The Andromeda, an interior renovation by PT ARCH Studio, reimagines roof attic into a “cockpit” where every family member plays a role in a shared voyage toward a distant galaxy. The space is entirely sealed, with no direct sunlight, which required design strategies to carefully control climate, lighting, and immersive atmosphere.
QUANG
The challenge of a low-sloped roof became a driver for spatial organization. The computer workstations were arranged within areas of sufficient headroom, while the lower edges near the terrarium were transformed into a “comfort zone” for reclining and immersive rest. At its core, the terrarium functions as both a landscape feature and a symbolic ecosystem, anchoring the artifici... More
Project • By AshariArchitects • Showrooms
Rost Exhibition Pavilion
Exhibition pavilions provide the platform for presenting and showcasing products, establishing direct contact with customers, enhancing brand recognition, attracting new customers, and connecting with the industry and other colleagues in effective ways. The following ideas represent our efforts in designing the Rost Pavilion at the 2024 International Furniture Exhibition.
Deed Studio
Deed Studio
Pavilion: Temporary Architecture
Exhibition pavilions are considered a branch of temporary architecture; an architecture designed for limited-time use, after which it is either demolished or relocated. The elements of this type of architecture, such as its structure and materials, have specific characteristics including being lightweight... More
Project • By Buro NØRD Architectuur bv • Shops
Vught
New energy-neutral labor building (store) within the prison of Vught.
The store is one of the labor facilities in the penitentiary complex. This building takes a special place within the penitentiary regime. It is a social environment where inmates can earn some extra money and gain work experience. Important considering their resocialization after serving their sentence.
Maarten Meester | Stijn Poelstra
Maarten Meester | Stijn Poelstra
Maarten Meester | Stijn Poelstra
Focuspoint in the design is to contribute to the inmates' perspective on life outside the walls. By turning the store into a light and comfortable space in which all security components are (invisible) integrated into the design as carefully as possib... More
Project • By ARW Associates • Pavilions
Fabbrica del Futuro
The project aims to define a building that is simultaneously linked to the characteristics of the site in which it is located, and to a sort of ideal "factory of the future".
This process takes place by recovering the memory and the shape of the sheds, which are also present in the adjacent building, but also by creating a translucent, almost immaterial architecture to symbolize contemporary production made up of ever lighter and more sustainable goods.
Rosamaria Montalbano
Rosamaria Montalbano
Rosamaria Montalbano
Another central element is the construction made with an "off-site" wooden structure and recycled polycarbonate. For this reason, architecture can be disassembled and reassembled.
The central aspect is the light... More
News • Specification • 9 Jan 2024
10 buildings that demonstrate the unique qualities of polycarbonate
There are seven different types of plastic with a variety of applications. The categories were first defined in 1988 under the Resin Identification Coding System. They are: polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), low-density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and “other” — for plastics that do not fit the previous six categories, the best known of which is polycarbonate. A thermoplastic substance, polycarbonate is strong, durable, and has a high heat resistance. This material is particularly tough and virtually unbreakable despite its impressive lightweight quality.
It should be noted that polycarbonate is derived from fossil fuels and its production requires a signifi... More
Project • By LOC Architects • Secondary Schools
Crossroads Pac Air Arts and Athletic Facility
Crossroads School is a K-12 private school whose upper school is situated on an unconventional urban infill campus. This 13,000 sf warehouse across the street from the original campus, previously used as storage by airplane parts distributor, was acquired by the school to accommodate an eclectic mix of functions that needed to be relocated from adjacent structures.
Nico Marques
The existing double bow-truss structure provided voluminous ceiling height and the project focused on seizing the opportunities that this provided. The raw industrial aesthetic was sympathetic with the character and ethos of Crossroads School.
Nico Marques
The eclectic program of the project was inserted into the existing structure as a set of distinct vo... More
Product • By PolyPiu • Lightpiù Luxe
Lightpiù Luxe
Lightpiù Luxe
In a world of standardised products, true luxury lies in the uniqueness that only craftsmanship can create.
PolyPiù produces, operates, designs and markets polycarbonate sheets, combining a high level of production with a complete focus on the customer and his particular needs.
This is how Lightpiù Luxe was born, a polycarbonate sheet with a special diamond finish in a wide range of colours, destined for ambitious architectural projects for both indoor and outdoor use.
Lightpiù sheets are translucent corrugated compact polycarbonate sheets with UV protection on the outer side certified Euroclass B s1 d0 for reaction to fire and covered by a ten-year guarantee against yellowing and loss of light... More
Project • By Jackson Clements Burrows Architects • Private Houses
Laneway Terrace
Evolving a prior JCB residential project, Laneway Terrace is the result of the client acquiring a neighbouring property to expand their large family home.
Derek Swalwell
The existing dwelling on site was a dilapidated, brick terrace with a significant heritage listing. The client was committed to reinvigorating its history while creating a mix of indoor/outdoor entertaining and room for guests.
Derek Swalwell
The carefully restored heritage building and single storey addition now extend back along the adjacent laneway. A large operable wall opens to the laneway, activating and celebrating the previously vacant public space.
Derek Swalwell
Derek Swalwell
Removal of the boundary fence between the dwellings creates a lar... More
Project • By AT26 architects • Offices
FX-IT office
FX-IT is a young and progressive IT company occupying fields of the market with the software, hardware, and also networking. The assignment was simple and clear: „Create a representative space for us that simultaneously has an informal atmosphere.“
On the other hand with a low budget, we set up these five main priorities:
Matej Hakár
create a high standard working place with good acoustics and good light distribution
· use a neutral color palette
· use comfortable office mobiliar / furniture
· divide the formal area, suitable for clients, from the working open space area
· &... More
Product • By Kinya • Ondulado | Sinus 76/18
Ondulado | Sinus 76/18
Kinya Polycarbonate has the best solution for compact Polycarbonate coating systems. This compound is used in the manufacture of compact modular boards, giving rise to roof and wall panels that, in combination with existing metal structures, create self-sustaining and enormous energy-saving solutions. More
Product • By Kinya • Abas Cheias
Abas Cheias
Kinya Polycarbonate has the best solution for honeycomb polycarbonate coating systems. This compound is used in the manufacture of alveolar modular boards, giving rise to roof and wall panels that, in combination with existing metal structures, create self-sustaining solutions with enormous energy savings. More
Project • By APA • Sports Centres
1REBEL New ‘RIG’ Workout Concept
Inspired by Tokyo Streets for a Post-Pandemic Era
Hammersmith, London
Based in Hammersmith, APA have closely worked with 1REBEL on their first collaborative design project. The space is entitled ‘RIG’. Previously 1REBEL spaces have explored a ‘night club’ feel but the need for a pivot came with the pandemic. Born out of trying to create a greater sense of team and community within the work out, the design of the new studio reflects this with its open plan structure. This new breed of 1Rebel spaces is planned in neighborhood locations, so this new club is local, close to residential streets.
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The space and design have moved deeper backstage. More raw, more transitory, more dramatic.... More
Project • By Verne Arquitectura • Offices
VERNE WORKSPACE
The project consists in the refurbishment an old and industrial building to lodge new workspaces.
Pablo García Esparza
Before the reform, both spaces were totally divided and configurated as traditional offices. However, the aim of the project was exactly the opposite: generate open, diaphanous, luminous and connected workspaces. In such a way, the project wants to recover the original industrial condition of the space which was much more interesting and powerful. The design of the new space responds to this double spatial condition of the place: The access is in the initial space, the lower one. Also, in this space is placed a garage with independent access and stairs that lead to the upper floor, where there are an office and... More