The Terracotta Cladding System or Terracotta Curtain wall System is well known as an innovative way of installation all over the world. This system is mainly made of raw clay mixed with water with high temperature firing work and glass and stones. This system can be an alternate for brick for exterior of the building. Terracotta panels can have different texture, glazed or unglazed with a variety choice in colors. Terracotta comes in two standard thicknesses, 18mm and 30mm. A variety of panel lengths and heights can be utilized to create a modern, natural aesthetic for buildings.
What are terracotta facade panels?
The word facade originally comes from the Italian word “facciata”, and is defined as the outside or all of the external faces of a building. The term is frequently used to refer just to the main or front face of a house. The production of Terracotta façade s from unadulterated regular clay without the consolidation of other synthetic and destructive ingredients that would have generally harmed the structure of the final product has made this type of façade has a high water absorption capacity. They also have incredible quality and hardness due to their production equipment with advanced and extremely successful technology. Because the production process of façade s is complex and their production costs are high, they have a high caliber. In addition, because of their high performance, they give very positive outcomes. Fragility is one of the significant problems of these products and for this reason, they may be damaged if they are not handled properly, but if they are taken care of effectively, the structure of the façade will remain fine.
Types of terracotta facade panels
Requirements such as the location required for installation and usage type of the terracotta panels classified these panels into two types of cladding panels: Solid Terracotta Tile Facade Panel and Terracotta Rain Screen Facade Panel. Solid terracotta tiles are traditionally used in many countries of the world. Natural terracotta is a material in its simplest form. in fact, they are solid, kiln-fired clay with a porous surface. A terracotta rain screen panel (sometimes referred to as a ‘drained and ventilated’ or ‘pressure equalized façade) is a part of double-wall construction that is used in order to form the exterior walls of buildings. Maybe some water penetrates into the cavities but the terracotta rain screen panel is intended to provide protection from direct rain
aesthetic terracotta product in Turkey
Nowadays, the use of terracotta facade panels has become popular in many countries of the world due to its beautiful and attractive appearance as well as various and useful applications in building facade s. Terracotta facade panels are made of natural and pure raw clay without using other chemical materials and fired at high temperatures. They are some type of cladding material used in architectural usage and have a certain degree of thermal insulation and weather resistance that create an aesthetically pleasant facade. Requirements such as the location required for installation and usage type of the terracotta panels classified these panels into two types of cladding panels: Solid Terracotta Tile Facade Panel and Terracotta Rain Screen Facade Panel. This type of facade has its advantages and disadvantages. Turkey, as one of the target countries for tourists, is trying to increase the number of tourists by increasing the appearance beauty of cities.
This system is recommended because of its benefits as energy saving and thermal insulation, weather resistance, sustainability, durability and long-lasting, low maintenance cost, safety and eco-friendliness.
Ecoarc Company as a pioneer in this material can offer related services all over the world. Its professional team does market investigation, facade engineering for special designs and facade construction based on the customers’ requirement. According to the different facade structures, special specification of terracotta should be applied.
The way the terracotta panels with glasses are installed is very important because of the weight of terracotta. Ecoarc Company offers the lighter-weight with no clips or fixings to maximize aesthetic and safety factors. The less sub-construction required to be less cost. Selecting proper material base on project is a professional work which is done by Ecoarc expert team in technical part and research and development department. An extremely strong, fully tested, and aesthetically pleasing terracotta rain screen cladding envelope should be installed.
Terracotta Panels are one of the most beautiful and long-lasting materials which are being used in the exterior facade of architecture. Variety in the length, height, thickness, and colors can be applied to create a modern facade. This product is made by fire mixture of natural clay and water. They can be associated with other material like glass, stone, paint
have color fastness, low absorption, and ease of clearing. The unique advantage of Terracotta products ensures the durability of aesthetic and technical features.
Panels composed of natural, grooved, sand-blown surfaces, louvers and others. Some designers achieve visual impact by mixing panels of different surfaces and sizes which bring ancient culture to the modern building. Appropriate installation system play a very important role in the energy conservation of products.
EcoArc can offer, design, and engineer Terracotta Panels of different thickness, dimensions, shapes and profiles, based on curtain wall structure design, installation system, facade design, wind load and other requirements from best European and Chines brand with offering a competitive price and quality in the world. This company performed major products such as Yazd Big Mall and Alis Mashhad project in this field (Terracotta cladding) and it is ready to do projects all over the world
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