White Hills manufactures facing stones and bricks with unique structures and colours for fa莽ade cladding applications.
The company offers two different types of stones for fa莽ade cladding applications:
- More than 300 different stones for application in adhesive technology
- Stones for ventilated fa莽ade systems
Architectural fa莽ade coverings for building design
The VECO庐-STARC庐 system combines the highest constructional functionality and the varied, architectural fa莽ade covering in cast stone optics.
The system comprises of two elements, namely:
- VECO (ventilated construction): GIP creates substructure systems for ventilated fa莽ades in aluminium or stainless-steel. The company also offers solutions to connect various fa莽ade cladding materials
- STARC (stonelution art concept): a unique complete solution for the cladding of a building’s outer walls using specially developed STARC system stones and profiles in cast stone optics
Ventilated fa莽ade systems
VECO-STARC is a ventilated fa莽ade system made up of facing stones and bricks in various optics and colours.
The system enables a unique architectural output for the fa莽ade cladding, and due to its light-stone system construction, the solution fulfils the requirement of stabile construction for cladding of high buildings and skyscrapers.
The combination of cast stones and specially made aluminium substructure makes VECO-STARC system solution an effective one.
An easy, quick, weather-independent installation is guaranteed by a special rail construction and the specially interlocked system stones.
Another advantage of this system is that every single stone of the finished fa莽ade can be removed quickly and easily for maintenance purposes or subsequent installations, regardless of its position.
Composition and construction of ventilated fa莽ade systems
STARC system stones and profiles are fastened as a rainscreen fa莽ade on the VECO substructure with or without thermal insulation.
The STARC system components interlock themselves by horizontal slide-plug-mechanism to a homogeneous, closed-fa莽ade surface. The highest stability and weather permanence is thereby guaranteed. The connection points are covered and invisible.
Additional benefits of the VECO-STARC system include:
- Easy and quick assembly using a slide-plug-mechanism
- Endless possibilities of various architectural designs
- High levels of stability and weather-resistance
- Removable and re-installable single stones
- Suitable for all building heights
- Weather-independent installation
Weather-resistant fa莽ade cladding
The portfolio of the STARC system stones currently features ten different series and each one is available in up to eight different colours.
This variety of VECO-STARC solutions provides clients with endless creative opportunities in architectural composition for their fa莽ade.
All stones are frost, weather and UV-resistant and are certified to meet relevant safety standards.
