SureClad® Style is here to stay at Stansted
The use of Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated cladding system at the £27 million Hampton by Hilton at London Stansted Airport makes a stylish design statement at the new 357 room hotel.
Director of the London office of Leach Rhodes Walker and lead architect on the project, Alessio Venturi explains: “We needed to differentiate the hotel from the commercial functionality of the surrounding airport buildings.
“The broad choice of facade colourways from Shackerley helped us achieve that goal while SureClad® ceramic granite’s inherent impermeability gave us the robust finish we needed.”
The largest Hampton by Hilton in the UK, the new Stansted hotel features Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated facade system in a variegated grey/white colourway, with a natural finish that’s sympathetic to local surroundings.
Alessio Venturi continues: “The building’s design has been inspired by both its airport context and my own heritage, drawing upon design influences from the buildings of Rome’s EUR district. The use of SureClad® ceramic granite with white and grey tones brings a little Italian flair and classic design to Stansted.”
More than 10,000 panels were cut individually by Shackerley to meet the specific requirements of the building. They were supplied to site pre-drilled, with fixing straps securely anchored to the rear as part of the SureClad® installation-ready ventilated facade system, with all prefabrication carried out off-site at Shackerley’s ISO900l accredited production plant. The company’s Queen’s Award winning SureClad® Access system was used for the installation, facilitating rapid and, in some instances, necessary non-sequential panel installation.
The SureClad® ceramic granite facade has also been instrumental in answering the practical needs of the building’s location.
A fully-vitrified material, Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite has virtually zero porosity, as defined by BS EN14411. Panels are completely unaffected by climatic extremes, conforming to all international standards for freeze/thaw resistance, and they will not fade, regardless of U/V exposure. The non-combustible material also offers excellent resistance to acids, alkalis and graffiti and does not promote algae growth.
“The proximity of the hotel to the airport creates a tough environment for the facade,” Alessio Venturi adds, “with airborne pollutants that could cause discolouration or degradation to many other facade materials.
“We needed a solution that would carry through the design intention of a timeless, classic look over a long service life and Shackerley’s SureClad® system was the ideal choice to meet those criteria. It looks fantastic on the finished building.”
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Shackerley SureClad® ceramic cladding
Shackerley’s SureClad® Porcelain cladding is the ideal Porcelain rainscreen solution for any facade. The lightweight Porcelain cladding system uses mechanically fixed large format cladding panels to create a Porcelain facade that looks great on any building. Robust and hardwearing, the mechanical fixed cladding delivers a UV stable facade that will not fade or discolour over time. The SureClad® Porcelain cladding system is UV resistant and creates a facade that is resistant to algae and graffiti. The large format
Porcelain cladding panels manufactured by Shackerley for our Porcelain rainscreen system provide an installation-ready lightweight cladding, with undercut anchors for a mechanical fixed cladding solution that is secure and suitable for any porcelain facade design requirement.
Mechanical fixed facades means each panel is secured with secret fix undercut anchors and produced under factory conditions to achieve the project facade windload requirements
Shackerley’s SureClad® porcelain cladding answers the non combustible cladding requirements of BS EN13501-1. Our porcelain facade system is an A1 rated rainscreen. We offer a choice of A1 rated or A2 rated anti-fragmentation backing, resulting in an A1 rated porcelain facade or A2 S1 D0 cladding system.
