Safe One Stamisol facade for the Niu Airport Hotel

Architecture as part of a global urban project
This project is part of an overall redevelopment policy for AirportCity West. It is a real urban area built and organized around an airport. This area is characterized by a very strong economic and commercial dynamism, attracting numerous technological and service companies within its walls. Under the direction of the architectural firm Westphal Architekten, this new building had the ambition to give a guiding impulse to the urban reorganization of the area.

An expressive geometric façade
The facade has a special design, marked by three-dimensional and polygonal shapes that accentuate the impression of relief and positively influence the scale of the building. According to architect Jost Westphal: 
"The expressive façade was intended to make it clear from the outside that the building is a hotel and not a residential or office building. [...] We wanted to follow the trend of more and more hotels being designed in darker, warmer colors. This also corresponds to the interior design of the hotel operator, the Novum Group in Hamburg. We wanted to reference this and opted for this champagne tone, which also responding well to the warm sunlight. We gave the elements of the facade relief, which, depending on the incidence of light, creates shadows, making the facade very lively. "
 

The need for a certified membrane
The category and height of the building imposed high requirements on fire protection and therefore had a definite influence on the overall design of the façade. Jost Westphal comments:
"Concerning the fire protection, there were two options: either we worked with partitions to prevent the spread of fire from floor to floor, or we used a fire-resistant facade membrane. Ebener suggested we use a façade solution that precisely met our non-combustibility requirements. This was Stamisol Safe One, with a European fire protection classification of A2-s1,d0. In this way, it was possible to implement our design idea, even with the protection requirements. This still represents a significant increase of the value of the overall project."
It was also important to achieve a high quality rendering, especially when viewed up close, which was possible due to the careful detailing and meticulous installation by the facade company. 
At the time the façade membrane was chosen, Stamisol Safe One was already a reference on the market. Jost Westphal states in this regard:
"We have already had several positive experiences with Stamisol in previous projects. The need to laminate the insulation was again present in this project, but in this case with high requirements for fire protection. Serge Ferrari's product met these criterias in an optimal way, which was also confirmed by the facade builder Ebener."