Terracotta Facades
Terracotta panels are known as the latest innovative material for exterior part of buildings. These panels have the highest level of water absorption through the assistance of a back-ventilated system with pressure compensation. They can be made in different shapes and sizes with distinctive colors, natural textures, durability and sustainability. The hardness and quality of this products meet the customers’ requirements. Not only the quality of terracotta should be considered but also the way getting them installed by professionals would be evaluated because it would enhance the beauty of your home’s exterior. If so, the cost of facade would be maintained for a long time.
Terracotta facade system
Terracotta facade is made of pottery, which is a type of dry brick facade. Terracotta, which means baked in Italian, is a traditional ceramic produced by heating clay in special kilns at high temperatures. The flexibility of unheated clay allows us to manually turn it into complex shapes that become significantly stronger when exposed to heat. Although Terracotta was originally invented for pottery and sculpture, artisans soon recognized its potential as a building product and began making Terracotta bricks, cladding, and roof tiles.
Today, the Terracotta facade is one of the most modern and original views of the day. Of course, the popularity of Terracotta is not without reason. In the following, we will discuss the features and characteristics of the Terracotta facade.
As a pioneer in the industry, Ecoarc company offers outstanding services for providing and installation of terracotta panels. An expert team opens up a new dimension in façade design by offering Terracotta panels to new projects. Terracotta could be used in new and creative ways to maximize aesthetic, durability and sustainability.
The clients could take the benefits of strong, very long lasting and life cycle and not harmful to the environment of this material which is generally a mix of clay and water, there are no chemical additives so it won’t change color for decades.
The common way to install terracotta is rain screen. In this way, Terracotta panels are hang onto an aluminum sub-support system which there is no need for sealant. This system will provide a building with better energy performance and the ability to wash the dirt on the surface of buildings .
Terracotta facade is made of a combination of clay and a material called feldspar, and its production method is very similar to ceramic facade, but its advantages are much greater than ceramic facade. Terracotta, like ceramic facades, have very low water absorption and are very resistant to sunlight. But the problem with ceramic facades is that they are very brittle and easily crushed; But the appearance of terracotta is not as brittle as ceramics and is more resistant to impact.
This eco-friendly material has updated its façade system due to the increasing progress and has become more popular than many modern façade materials and even its past appearance and the properties that engineers have created in it. It is among the largest architects and most prominent buildings in the design and is responsible for maintaining the originality of the building. Terracotta bricks are easily combined with other materials such as aluminum, composite, stone, etc., and this feature has doubled their popularity.
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
Components of a terracotta façade
In the Terracotta system, there is the ability to circulate air behind the panels and air conditioning operations are performed behind the panels.
The façade of Terracotta consists of the following three general components:
• Wall supporting Nova: It is the wall on which the structural system runs.
• Dry fittings: fittings that are connected to the substructure and consist of aluminum rails with vibrating rubber bands.
• Infrastructure structure: It is the structure on which the façade is mounted. This structure is connected to the supporting wall of the façade by welding.
Terracotta materials 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.
Advantages of using Terracotta façade system
There are many benefits to using a terracotta facade for your building.
Terracotta facade is one of the lightest types of facade that you can use for your building. Experts say that using a terracotta facade makes the weight per square meter of the building lighter by 40 to 50 kg, which means that the whole structure of your building becomes much lighter than if you design the facade of your building using grout or cement facades. Lightening the facade makes your building resistant to earthquakes and eliminates many financial and human risks. For example, one of the factors that cause the death of many people in an earthquake is the collapse of building materials. But in the Terracotta facade, due to the separate movements of the facade section and its accessories, the facade of the building does not flake and their fall does not cause much damage compared to other facades!
Other features of Terracotta facade include the following
• Variety of color shapes and sizes
• Quick and easy installation
• Creative combination of tradition and modernity in one material
• Variety of color shapes and sizes
• Quick and easy installation
• Creative combination of tradition and modernity in one material
• Lightweight with hollow structure
• Appropriate dimensional tolerance (with accurate dimensions)
• No supply limitation (possibility of supply with uniform color in large area)
• Color stability
• environment lover
Why the Terracotta facade?
Terracotta facades are easy to implement and have a stable installation system and can be used as an insulated facade. No mortar is required when installing the Terracotta facade and it is strengthened by using aluminum and steel elements. Terracotta panels have a natural color and the inside and the front of the panel will have the same color, and if there are deep scratches on the tiles, there will be no change in the facade. The terracotta facade is easy to maintain and it is possible to use this type of facade in different weather conditions. In addition, dust as well as contaminants created on terracotta glazed tiles will be significantly washed away during rain. Terracotta panels are replaceable and damaged tiles can be replaced if the tiles need to be removed or moved. Buildings with terracotta facades save up to 40% in energy consumption and do not cause any erosion and destruction over time for this type of facade tiles.
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 and it is ready to do projects all over the world
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