Integrative building project at former flower wholesale market

The installation of the facade ceramics was carried out with laying mortar by the "buttering-floating method", i.e. with application both on the reinforced flush-mounted layer of the ETICS and on the reverse side of the ceramics. The joint portion required for ETICS facades to ensure sufficient vapour diffusion was achieved without any problems thanks to the small-size elements. Numerous model studies by the architects formed the starting point for the final choice of use and arrangement of the ceramic elements. Their material thickness was balanced by the manufacturer in such a way that the stability is guaranteed and at the same time an impermissibly high surface load is avoided. This means that it is a design and technical custom-made product which, however, did not go beyond financial limits. In terms of base material, glaze and colour, the ceramic elements used for the facade of the IBeB correspond to the two-dimensional flat tiles of the Craft series.