Reynaers’ cutting-edge aluminium curtain wall system for facades and roofs has created new angles for a modern office building.

French company Groupama opted for maximum transparency and benefit from superb thermal efficiency for its premises in Charters, southwest of Paris.

Its building was designed by architects Agence Franc Gérard and covers 4,400m2, with an envelope in pre-oxidised copper panels. The impressive staggered façade curtain walling, created from Reynaers’ CW 50 multi-level product, incorporates vivid coloured glass inserts.

The CW 50 stick curtain wall system is available in several design and glazing variants and is on show at Reynaers’ Knowledge Centre showroom in Birmingham. It includes different technical options to give maximum flexibility in design and allows frames to be placed at varying angles both horizontally and vertically, moving away from the traditional uniform grid pattern.

Extensions to the CW 50 system also offer new innovative solutions for much heavier glass weights, as well as easy assembly and quick installation, plus improved energy efficiency. The curtain wall system can achieve a thermal insulation Uf value down to 0.56W/m2K, depending on the profile combination and variant.

The design variants include curtain walls for both the exterior and the interior of buildings. Glazing variants range from standard pressure plates, structurally glazed and structurally clamped facades.

Unitised curtain wall options are also available within the range. They allow entire panels to be manufactured in the workshop reducing the time on site. Both unitised and traditional stick systems can also be developed into bespoke solutions for specific project requirements.