Curtain walling, windows and doors from Kawneer are to feature on the £170 million PPP “waveform” extension to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Designed by BDP Architects to exacting solar transmission criteria, the new wing will feature Kawneer’s AA110 dry-jointed curtain walling on the concave and convex main west elevation and on courtyards.
The latter will also feature Kawneer’s AA601 top-hung vents within curtain walling, and AA 605 low/medium-duty swing doors, while Kawneer’s AA 602 horizontal pivot windows with trickle-vent latch facilities will feature on all elevations, complemented by series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors at several ground-floor entrances. The goal is to achieve an average U-value through the total glazing element, including the glazed, coloured spandrel panels, of 1.9W/m2K.
