Panels of the Rockpanel Brilliant collection from Rockwool: The appearance in the urban environment of facades dressed in panels of this line is similar to the appearance of very expensive cars in the street space: both instantly attract attention, clearly stand out from the world around them during the day and harmoniously dissolve in it at night …
The range of the facade and roofing building materials market, or rather, its segment associated with the production of materials and components for ventilated facades, is diverse and large. But there are two problems that almost all architects now face - the search for the most modern materials and their energy efficiency. The combination of both in one product is always a great success. And for the architect, and for the manufacturer, and for the customer. It is these qualities - innovation and energy efficiency that distinguish the products of the Rockwool group of companies - one of the world's leaders in sales of materials and products from stone wool.
Founded in 1909 in Denmark, Rockwool of 2015 is still a Danish company with its headquarters outside Copenhagen and 27 factories around the world, including Russia. One of them, with the most powerful line for the production of stone wool products, was opened in Elabuga in February 2012. And a year before that, a new product line for the Russian market from Rockwool was presented - the Rockpanel collection: panels and facade elements of buildings with an almost endless range of shades and a wide range of textures. Effective, effective and at the same time stylish finishing material for facades and interiors. Light and thin, with a unique balance of characteristics that allow them to be used in both multi-storey construction and in the design of private residential buildings, these panels combine the reliability of stone and the ease of processing wood. They are easy to install and maintain. Made of pressed stone wool with a top layer of a special elastic varnish, they are easily bent and modeled, taking the required shape without additional processing. They work excellently in new construction and have proven themselves excellently during reconstruction. In other words, as a material for ventilated facades, the Rockpanel range is practically universal.
We must honestly admit that today very few people can be surprised with a palette of one hundred shades, as in the Rocklad series. But this spectrum, combined with the capabilities of the Rockpanel Metallic collection, for example, or what the Rockpanel Chameleon and Rockpanel Wood series have to offer, makes the company one of the leaders in the façade market.
And if Rockpanel Metallic is industrial modernism and almost perfect high-tech, and the Rockpanel Wood line is an almost complete imitation of wooden elements, devoid of the imperfections of natural wood, then the Rockpanel Natural collection is unpainted wear-resistant facade panels that allow, according to advertising brochures, “Take nature itself as a co-author”. The sun, snow, rain, frost, hail and wind will work tirelessly on the exterior of the building day after day, patinating the walls, and making the building a work of time, and not a product of momentary modernity.
But even in this variety of proprietary features
the Rockpanel Brilliant line stands out for its uniqueness.
The panels in the series are both very bright and, like almost everything Rockwool makes, versatile. And not because they are devoid of stylistic features, but precisely because they can be "applied" to any style: from industrial high-tech to exquisitely timeless classics.
However, when working with this material, you need to take into account the fact that its brightness is not akin to the colorful intensity of a freshly painted wooden, stone or concrete surface, it is from a breed of metal brightness: with an inner shimmering shine and the beauty of multiple light reflection. The appearance in the urban environment of facades, dressed in panels of this line, is similar to the appearance of very expensive cars in the space of the street: both of them instantly attract attention, clearly standing out from the world around them during the day and harmoniously dissolving in it at night. And if a freshly painted wall inevitably fades after the first Russian winter, then with Rockpanel Brilliant there is no need to fear discoloration: the surface of the panels is resistant to ultraviolet radiation, temperature and weather effects, and thanks to a very high degree of polished smoothness, it is also capable of self-cleaning: dirt and dust are simply washed off by rain water, and the snow slides, leaving no dull drips.
Among other things, working with Rockpanel Brilliant there is no need to fear the consequences of a fire: the manufacturer guarantees a very high level of fire safety of the cladding, because all products of this collection, as well as all related collections of the Rockpanel family, correspond to the class of constructive fire hazard "K0" as part of the hinged facade system with an air gap.
If we talk about the colorful possibilities of this line, then sixteen color options cover almost the entire color wheel from the close shades of green-brown earthy gamut, to diametrically opposite spectral blues and reds, allowing you to make monochrome calm and polychrome elegant decisions.
Another stumbling block for architects in working with ventilated facades is the limited size of the elements, which sometimes leads to paradoxical solutions. But when choosing Rockpanel, such problems do not arise at all. The range of sizes announced in the company's catalogs: from 1700 to 3050 mm in length, with the possibility of varying the width of the product from 1200 to 1250 mm and an eight-millimeter thickness. And this despite the fact that, for example, plates from the Rockpanel Brilliant series are not directional, that is, it is absolutely indifferent which side is considered to be the length and which side is considered to be the width, and, accordingly, it does not matter in which direction they are mounted. This avoids unnecessary trimming at the construction site and shortens the installation time.
It is worth noting that the Rockpanel Brilliant collection, like all its related products, is available in two versions: Durable and Xtreme. The first - for most of the surfaces of facades and roof filing; the latter, having greater strength and wear resistance, are proposed to be used when facing the lower part of facades, in close proximity to the ground … And all this - with minimal tolerances in length, width and diagonal difference, the size of which can be classified as a mathematical error.
In a word - Brilliant …
