PROJECT DETAILS
The main challenge facing Wicona during the Vodafone Village project
was to develop a system/project that would be highly efficient and effective
in terms of energy saving, sound insulation, comfort, lighting
and personal safety. Right from the beginning, Wicona opted for a
solution, which, while guaranteeing high performance ratings, was as
cost-effective as possible.
The size of the buildings, their position and layout, differences in their
internal purposes/functions, and the need to minimise maintenance
requirements, pointed towards a facade design drawing WICTEC EL.
A façade that could provide all the heat and sound insulation required.
The Venetian blinds installed in the aforementioned cavity provided
solar protection and internal lighting control.
The domotic features (optimising quality of life in the buildings) focused
on the management system for the blinds, which, in turn, was
integrated with the rest of the control systems for the entire building.
The natural ventilation system involved injecting air through the lower
section of the cell and expelling it from the top section of both of the
vertical supports of the cell in question.
This prevents the kind of “energy short-circuit” that would happen if
heated air were ejected through the upper cross beam of a cell and
then allowed back in through the lower section of the cell above it.
