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Boatiné coat (129)

What an amazing solution! Covering the façade with an EPDM membrane like a padded jacket or a “boatiné coat”. It’s so obvious, but not common! I only remember one similar solution on the back façade of the Frei Photographic Studio in Weil am Rhein, by Herzog & de Meuron. They also used a waterproof membrane, on that occasion made of asphalt, for the cladding.

VPO en Vilassar - Social housing
Location

Carrer Doctor Emili Masriera i Guardiola, 5
08339 Vilassar de Dalt Barcelona
Spain

Year of construction
2008
Weight of the entire facade
Period
Supporting element
Photographer

Ph 1,3,4 Cristina Pardal

Ph 2,5 Ramón Prat

Authorship of the graphical documentation

Frediani Arquitectura

Case visible in solution?