What an amazing solution! Covering the façade with an EPDM membrane like a padded jacket or a “boatiné coat”. It’s so obvious, but not common! I only remember one similar solution on the back façade of the Frei Photographic Studio in Weil am Rhein, by Herzog & de Meuron. They also used a waterproof membrane, on that occasion made of asphalt, for the cladding.
VPO en Vilassar - Social housing
Architect
Location
Carrer Doctor Emili Masriera i Guardiola, 5
08339 Vilassar de Dalt Barcelona
Spain
Year of construction
2008
Solution
Weight of the entire facade
Period
Supporting element
Photographer
Ph 1,3,4 Cristina Pardal
Ph 2,5 Ramón Prat