Education and Cultur - Histrorical Buildings
Museum Gianadda, Switzerland
This modern concrete Cultural Centre was built in 1978 for exhibitions and concerts.
Refurbishment with Sikagard, Sika MonoTop (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Museum Gianadda, Martigny, SitzerlandThis modern concrete Cultural Centre was built in 1978 for exhibitions and concerts. It contains some of the oldest works of art dating back to the Roman-Gaul period in Swiss history.
The prefabricated orange concrete elements and red marble features were suffering the effects of strong climatic conditions. Weathering of the cement skin and spalling resulted in degradation of concrete surface layer. High surface porosity was also leading to technical problems, for example the influence of freeze and thaw cycles. Dirt and contaminants were deposited in the shadowy regions where also moss could be found.
The Menzies Library ANU Acton ACT
The standing seam copper roof was showing signs of wear, rain started to penetrate into the library causing damage to the building.
Adhered Roofing System Public Buildings (PDF, 310 KB)
The Menzies Library ANU Acton ACTThe Iconic Menzies Library is one of the ANU’s most treasured buildings with its History dating back to the late 1950s. Project date: October 2009, Location: Acton ACT, Size: 3000 m².
Coalmine Gneisenau Dortmund-Derne, Germany
Renovation of the steep roof of an industrial monument.
Sika Trocal Roof Renovation (PDF, 370 KB)
Coalmine Gneisenau Dortmund-Derne, GermanyRenovation of the steep roof of an industrial monument. The coalmine Gneisenau in Dortmund-Derne, shut down in 1985, was declared industrial monument in 1998 and parts of it were renovated recently. Gneisenau was classified being worthy of preservation because one of the head-frames there, the so called "Tomson-Bock" (special design dated 1885/86), the last in good condition of its kind and probably the oldest head-frame still existing in the Ruhr district.