Colours Galore At Saint Cloud Sports Centre, France

Colours can do wonders, a live example is the sports and Leisure centre in Saint Cloud France. Thanks to the tinted glass usage in the Saint Cloud sports center.

This building is aimed to encourage the sporting actions of children and hence the colored glasses used  welcomes the kids warmly. This colored building has various activity spaces for the kids such as gymnasium, climbing walls, leisure centre, and outdoor area for their sporting pursuits, all in vibrant colors.

The usage of colored glasses such as red, green, yellow, pink, and orange instantly creates the visual appeal in the building.

This colored building comprises of 4 facades where the main façade features tinted glass that has a color gradient from red to green. The remaining facades feature the other tints to differentiate the main façade .

Usage of tinted glass in the facades also brings the optimum day light maintaining the optimal warmth and thermal insulation inside these buildings and this also assures protection from sunlight . Additionally, these are energy-efficient, easy to maintain, durable and gives the luxurious look instantly.

The  building has also followed green norms  by using prefabricated concepts and thus reducing wastage. Moreover, the acoustic insulation procedures used in the concrete greatly helps the tinted glass materials to further provide noise reduction. The building has also used the pigment infusion system to reduce the chemically treated paints and the solar heated hot water system to reduce the electricity consumption.

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