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Large-Scale Ventilated Facades: Monolithic Aesthetics and Contemporary Design
The design of large-format porcelain stoneware ventilated facades represents the latest frontier in contemporary architecture, and VM Group Srl is the partner of choice for the management of these monumental surfaces.
Working with leading Italian ceramic tile brands, we specialize in installing tiles that minimize joints, creating monolithic volumes with extraordinary visual impact.
Our technical expertise allows us to handle formats of all sizes with certified concealed mechanical fastening systems, ensuring maximum structural safety and perfectly flat surfaces. Large-format tiles are not only a luxurious aesthetic choice, but also an advanced technological system that, integrated with our rock wool insulation, elevates the building's energy efficiency to the highest Green Building standards.
Glue fixing system
Fixing system with visible hook
Ventilated Facades and Technical Cladding: The New FAO Multi-Storey Car Park in Rome
A perfect combination of structural safety and contemporary design, created with cutting-edge gluing systems and custom perforated metals.
VM Group designed the envelope for the new multi-storey car park at the FAO headquarters in Rome.
The project stands out for its use of Laminam panels in the 500x1000 mm format, 5+ thick, reinforced with mesh.
The technical challenge of installation was overcome thanks to the use of high-performance bonding systems from Mapei, which guarantee maximum adhesion and structural safety over time. The work was completed with RAL 8000 perforated sheet metal cladding (1.5 mm thick) for natural ventilation. This project embodies 30 years of experience and synergy with the best technological partners in the sector.
Industrial Redevelopment in Corridonia (MC) – Design Enters the Factory
Laminam Large Slabs and Material Contrasts: Transforming Industry into Architecture
In Corridonia, VM Group oversaw the transformation of an industrial warehouse, elevating it to a high-design structure. Using large Laminam slabs, we designed a ventilated façade with a concealed system that plays with the perception of light: a matte white surface interspersed with a glossy white ceramic band, capable of generating dynamic reflections throughout the day.
At the base, a 3-meter gray monolithic skirting ensures strength and protection. This project demonstrates how our thirty years of experience enable the application of ultra-thin ceramic materials in large formats even in production settings, improving energy efficiency and the client's corporate image.
Industrial Regeneration: Large-Scale Stoneware Ventilated Facade
Minimal aesthetics and high energy efficiency for the redevelopment of a prestigious warehouse.
This architectural redevelopment project transforms an industrial building into a modern, high-performance structure, combining contemporary design and materials engineering.
The cladding was created with Laminam ceramic panels (3000 x 1000 mm), chosen for their durability and strong visual impact. Attention to detail is evident in the integration of ceramic cladding, which ensures material continuity and a flawless finish on every corner of the building.
Technical Solutions and Performance:
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Thermal Insulation: The application of a 12 cm layer of rock wool ensures superior living comfort and a drastic reduction in energy consumption.
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Clean Design: Thanks to careful design, we concealed all the technical systems behind the ventilated façade system. The result is a linear, clean exterior free of visual disturbances.
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Durability: The combination of Laminam stoneware and the ventilation system protects the structure from the elements, eliminating problems of humidity and deterioration over time.
This project demonstrates how ventilated facade technology can elevate an industrial warehouse to the highest aesthetic and functional standards.
Redevelopment in Viterbo – The Allure of Large Format
Porcelain Stoneware and Hidden Technology: The Elegance of the Monolitha
In Viterbo, VM Group transformed a residential building into an icon of modern architecture thanks to the use of large-format porcelain stoneware slabs. This design choice minimized joints, creating a seamless surface that enhances the structure's volumes and verticality.
The technical challenge was overcome through the adoption of a concealed fastening system with high-performance thixotropic adhesive. This technology ensures complete mechanical strength and extreme resistance to wind stress and temperature changes, eliminating all visible fastening elements. The result is an extremely prestigious architectural envelope, capable of revitalizing the building's identity while ensuring long-lasting protection and significant energy savings.
Residenza L'Aquila – Regeneration and Performance
Large-Size Stoneware: A New Standard for Contemporary Living
The redevelopment project in L'Aquila demonstrates how ventilated façade technology can reshape the identity of an entire residential complex. VM Group chose large-format porcelain stoneware to minimize visual interruptions, creating a homogeneous, elegant, and highly durable "skin."
Beyond design, attention was also focused on energy efficiency: integrated natural ventilation eliminates thermal bridges and ensures a healthy, humidity-free environment for the residents. Each construction point, masterminded with our thirty years of experience, was designed to meet the specific climatic stresses of the area, ensuring a durable envelope that enhances the property's prestige.
Technical Integration
For this type of multi-story residential building, it is essential to emphasize passive fire protection. As outlined in the technical specifications of our partnership with Siderise, installing RH25 (90/30) horizontal barriers within these cavities ensures that the system properly drains moisture during normal operation, but also responds promptly in the event of a fire by sealing the ventilation space.
Siderise barriers offer an integrity (E) of 90 minutes and an insulation (I) of 30 minutes, with an expected lifespan of 60 years, ensuring that the beauty of these panels is accompanied by maximum safety over time.
Viterbo Building Renovation – Technology and Visual Rigour
Large-Format Stoneware and Mechanical Fixing: Evolution and Protection
This redevelopment project in Viterbo is one of the most effective examples of how VM Group technology can radically transform a building's identity. The building underwent a complete restyling with the installation of a ventilated façade in large-format porcelain stoneware, chosen for its ability to create expansive, modern, and easy-to-maintain surfaces.The adoption of the exposed mechanical fastening system, far from being a simple functional detail, was harmonized with the architectural design to emphasize the solidity and technical precision of the construction. Thanks to our team's thirty years of experience, the building's new "skin" not only renewed its aesthetics but also drastically improved its energy efficiency and humidity comfort, protecting the original structure and ensuring the decades-long durability typical of advanced ventilated systems.
Condominium Redevelopment: The Era of Large Format
A Synthesis of Monolithic Aesthetics and Building Envelope Engineering
This impressive redevelopment project demonstrates how large-format ceramic slabs (100x300 cm) can redefine the identity of a multi-story residential complex. VM Group transformed a building with a traditional finish into a modern and dynamic architectural volume, playing with the alternating colors of the slabs to elongate the structure.
The adoption of the 100x300 cm format is not only a choice of aesthetic prestige, but also a technical solution that drastically reduces the number of joints, creating a continuous and protective high-performance surface. Thanks to the ventilated façade system, the building achieved a radical thermal upgrade, eliminating heat loss and ensuring decades-long durability. Every detail, from the precision of the joints to the management of the vertical connections, reflects the technical expertise required to handle slabs of this size at great heights.
Condominium Redevelopment: The Evolution of Large-Scale Curtain Walls
Contemporary Design and High-Performance Urban Regeneration
This project represents an architectural challenge achieved in the transformation of a massive residential building. VM Group oversaw the complete renovation of the façades, replacing the original brick cladding with an advanced ventilated façade system made of large-format ceramic tiles (100x300 cm).
The project visually streamlined the building's volumes thanks to a sophisticated interplay of color contrasts and the drastic reduction in grout lines, typical of large-format tiles. In addition to the aesthetic renovation, the building achieved an unprecedented performance upgrade: the use of rock wool insulation (a non-combustible material) and the ventilated cavity eliminated thermal bridges and humidity, ensuring immediate energy savings and superior living comfort. This achievement confirms how technological innovation can breathe new life and real estate value into existing buildings.
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