SLIDE No. 12 - Hawa magazine in English

No. 12

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Simply easier

Simply Hawa Certain things belong to daily life: we need them every day and have used them for years.

But we have never asked how they work. ­Simply because they do.

“Easy to work with” is one of Hawa’s values.

We want our sliding hardware to function well and our partners to find them easy to install and work with. Achieving this simplicity is no easy task and we do everything but take the easy way out; instead, we invest a lot of time and effort in making it work.

Hawa offers market partners various support services that are available to them around the world. Our partners benefit from quick and uncomplicated access to useful tips and the documents they need for their projects. They are always able to reach Hawa’s experts at any time to work together and find the ideal solution.

Ingeniously simple recipe Flour, salt and water: bread needs nothing more

Gregor and Heinz Haab

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Managing Directors Hawa AG, Sliding Hardware Systems

Topic Simple living Simply ingenious: what bread is made of Ingeniously simple: the Indonesian language Simple circulation: the crowd flow optimizer Gregor Haab: milestones en route to more simplicity

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Projects Centro Ovale Shopping Mall, Chiasso City Mall Archhöfe, Winterthur

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Know-how Mall design made simple HAWA-Folding Concepta 25: for more flexible room use HAWA-Frontego 30/matic: tested and certified HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80: fitting glass the easy way Hawa Student Award 2014 HAWA-Systemplanner – simply practical Product News Agenda, Personal

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Crowd flow commander Oliver Specker, the man with an eye for hustle and bustle

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Letting light into the mall Shop fronts made of glass are very versatile thanks to Hawa hardware

Moves large fronts HAWA-Folding Concepta 25: flexible and attractive

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Hawa Student Award One winner, three recipients

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Simple living Many people own more than needed. But increasing numbers see their possessions as a burden. Small wonder that many have had enough of too much and superabundance.

They yearn for simplicity and are beginning to declutter and downsize.

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Our private possessions are increasing. Each of us owns between 7,000 and 10,000 objects of different sizes. Moving from one house to another means moving around 30,000 individual items, according to German moving companies. 100 years ago, households in our region contained at the most 1,000 objects. They must have felt very empty. Or perhaps appealing in their simplicity?

Useless possessions Not all of these possessions are actually needed. We own a lot of things we don’t use. More than a third of the items in western households are no longer needed. Cellars and attics are full of discarded appliances, clothing, books and furniture. Unused items valued at over a thousand euro can be found in the average household. This excess not only takes up space but is also perceived as a burden. Studies in western countries have shown that an increase in wealth does not equate to more happiness.

trend towards the perception of ownership as a burden. The old virtue of sharing is making a comeback. Possessing an item is no longer the decisive factor, but rather its availability when it is needed, according to the GDI study “Sharity – The future of sharing”.

More simplicity “We make only very limited use of many everyday items”, says Karin Frick of the GDI, who co-authored the Sharity study. “That is why people ask themselves whether they really need to own everything or if it would be better to simply borrow an item when they need it.”

Swap sites and barter markets are on the rise, fuelled by the technical possibilities of our era: there are smartphone apps for borrowing all kinds of useful things, be they pressure cleaners, tents or drills. People around the world use Internet portals to share their homes with others, of course against payment. And online car-sharing agencies mean that car owners no longer travel alone but rather share their vehicle with people who have the same destination.

Don’t just own it – use it!

A study conducted by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI) near Zurich indicates a growing

contacts and strengthens the community”, says Karin Frick. Secondly, people who share save the cost of expensive purchases and have less clutter in their own four walls.

The benefits are twofold. Firstly, sharing increases social togetherness: “It intensifies

It seems that more and more people have had enough of overabundance and yearn for a simpler life. This claim is backed up by the success of guidebooks such as “Simplify your Life”. This book by German author Werner Küstenmacher reflects the spirit of our times and has been translated into no less than 40 languages, including Korean and Chinese.

People are following Küstenmacher’s motto of “decluttering is liberating” and are clearing out the junk from cellars and storage rooms.

They either give it away or sell it at the fleamarket.

To let go and reduce is to gain. Reduction means less distraction, means concentrating on the essential. Less quantity means more quality.

Making a clean sweep

Decluttering

Switching off

An empty desk creates more headroom – the desk is the mirror of the mind.

Get rid of what you no longer wear, read, listen to or is broken – uncluttered rooms are more pleasant spaces.

This Sunday, turn off your cell phone, computer and television – and read a book.

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Simply ingenious When Joëlle and François enjoy a salad on Montmartre, there simply has to be a baguette involved. If Ramón and Pablo meet for lunch in Mexico City, tortillas are on the table. It is a part of virtually every meal in the world: bread. Simply bread.

Bread is made from ground cereal, fresh water, salt and perhaps a leaven such as yeast.

These simple ingredients form the basis for every bread type, shape and flavor. A little oil is added for Indian chapati, for instance, or corn flour is used for tortillas. There are countless types of bread. German bakers alone bake more than 300 different types.

No two loaves of bread taste the same. Temperature, moisture and baking times lend each loaf its own character. What may appear a “simple” product has often passed through highly complex processes of maturing and reduction.

Ingenious products are often based on a simple concept. And simple products are often based on an ingenious concept.

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Ingeniously simple Anak means child in Indonesian. And anak anak means children. To express the plural, simply say the word twice.

Unsurprisingly, Indonesian is not difficult to learn. Its grammar is equally as easy. No need to learn cases such as the accusative or nominative. Verbs are always used in their basic form only. Regardless of who is doing what. Regardless of when it took place.

“Dia datang kemarin” translates literally as: He come yesterday. It’s that easy.

Bahasa Indonesia, the official language of the archipelagic state since 1945, soon sounds familiar due to its western influence. “Kamar” means room and is related to chamber. “Teh” means tea, “Menit” is minute. “Nomor” (number) sounds similar to the English word.

Some words of the Bahasa Indonesia language are familiar beyond the country’s borders: “Orang Utan” (literally: forest man), or “Mata Hari” (literally: eye day), the Indonesian word for sun.

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Simple ­circulation People at railway stations have different needs and wants. Crowd flow optimizer Oliver Specker makes sure that travelers don’t get in each other’s way and that crowds of people find it easier to move around.

Observing the crowds as they move through the station every day is like watching the activity on an ant hill. It is quite a bustle. Pedestrians wander through the concourse, rush up and down the stairs, cutting each other off only to be impeded by travelers standing on the escalators.

Continuous flow Oliver Specker’s job is to ensure that travelers can make their way to their train as quickly as possible. Or get from the platform to the outside as easily as possible. “We want the

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crowds to flow continuously”, says the head of crowd flow optimization at the Swiss federal railways. To this end, he studies and analyses the movement patterns of humans as he observes them at the station. He also has technical aids at his disposal, including a ­sensor-based counting system.

One of Specker’s observations: people slow down as they approach staircases and especially escalators. “We reduce our walking speed automatically or briefly stop altogether when we change our method of movement”, says the 39-year-old from South Germany, who graduated in transport management.

People put their rolling cases in front of them or take their children by the hand. It only takes a fraction of a second but still leads to a slight backup.

Pull effect Specker has established that people generally get off the train quickly and move smoothly with the flow. “However, they slow down considerably when they reach a mixed zone, for instance a passageway with shops.” This behavior is not least to blame on information screens. They have a distinct pull effect. “If one person stops, a crowd will soon form as everyone thinks there is something interesting to see. Screens hanging in tight passage zones impede crowd flow.” Screens will in future be positioned in recesses or special information zones away from the flowing crowds.

Clearing out the station Crowds need sufficient space to keep flowing continuously. Obstacles such as ticket machines, newspaper vending machines and

garbage cans must be removed from the flow path. Basel station, where around 100,000 people go in and out every day, was subjected to a big clear-out. The area between the entrance doors and the stairs leading to the platforms is now clear. It has been purposely divided into circulation, information, service and waiting zones. All important passenger information is displayed in the information zone at the edge of the main passenger traffic axes.

The man with an eye for hustle and bustle: Oliver Specker ensures that moving crowds flow continuously.

Traffic circles for pedestrians?

Standstill is unknown to Specker in terms of his work. He and his team are already considering new measures to improve crowd flow.

One of these ideas is a kind of traffic circle for pedestrians, analog to traffic circles on roads.

The first pedestrian traffic circle could be installed as early as this fall.

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Milestones en route to more simplicity Hawa asks cabinetmakers, glass fitters and metalworkers for input when ­developing new products, says Gregor Haab, Managing Director at Hawa. It is a win-win situation: Hawa benefits from the experience of its partners, who in turn benefit from products that are easy to use.

Hawa wants to make things easy for its partners. They should find installing sliding hardware a quick and easy process.

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“Easy to work with” is one of Hawa’s values.

Which Hawa product best demonstrates the drive towards simplicity?

This basic principle is best demonstrated by the new product family of concealed sliding hardware for glass: HAWA-Puro 100–150 and HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80. Our aim is to achieve the greatest ease of installation combined with the lowest possible installation height. The development of the new wedge suspension made it possible. Innovative: the installer only has to insert the glass door and connect it to the trolleys. No more bothersome door mounting and challenging height adjustment.

the initial idea is born. After all, we want our products to meet their needs and wants. We can only know what they are by remaining in constant contact with our partners.

A very practical approach to work.

Can you name an example?

For the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic we wanted to automate the folding sliding shutters on the facade. There was just the initial idea without any conception of its technical implementation. Customers had often indi­cated a demand for automatic folding sliding shutters.

We asked our partners about their needs and wants. What format and how many panels were required? How much weight should the hardware be able to support?

Does that mean tools are no longer required?

Not for adjusting the height, as that is now achieved by sliding the wedge elements sideways. We have launched glass hardware that reduces installation time to a bare minimum.

Many of our partners around the world have confirmed this since the launch. At the end of 2013 I spoke with a glass installer in the USA who works with HAWA-Puro 100–150.

He likes the product because it is, as he says, “idiot proof”. To him, it is important that installation is as simple as possible as he basically has to work with a different installation company for each new project.

Do you involve trade partners in the development of new products?

Yes. We always involve our trade partners, i.e. cabinetmakers, glass installers, metalworkers and representatives from the industry, to a significant extent when we develop new products. We get in touch with them as soon as

employees and external cabinetmakers and kitchen installers worked on the HAWAFolding Concepta 25.

What does Hawa do to ensure products and their use are kept as simple as possible?

Our technology and product innovation process consists of a number of phases. At the end of each phase is a milestone. One of the most important steps of the development phase is design validation: Hawa employees and external partners are tasked with installing and evaluating a working sample from A to Z. Four teams consisting of Hawa

Yes. The teams at our test center are given a box full of components belonging to the new hardware. Their task is to install the hardware to a cabinet body step by step using the provisional plans and installation documents. When they are finished, they have to complete a questionnaire and evaluate movement geometry, for i­nstance, or ease of installation.

What happens to this feedback?

We analyze how good the working sample is and what adjustments need to be made. The feedback flows into the ongoing development process. One example is the design validation of the HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 that pro­ vided us with valuable input for easier installation. We changed some of the hardware components as a result. Thanks to the improvement, installers working with HAWA-Folding ­Concepta 25 can achieve a greater degree of pre-assembly in the workshop and need considerably less time for installation on site.

“We always involve our ­partners to a significant ­extent in the development of new products.”

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Projects

Light and airy shopping egg The Centro Ovale in Chiasso close to the Swiss-Italian border at Brogeda certainly lives up to its name: from the outside, the shopping mall looks like an egg-shaped UFO. On the ­inside, it is characterized by transparency and light.

An immediately noticeable feature of the mall in Chiasso is the natural light inside the Centro Ovale. Daylight floods through 1024 circular openings in the oval concrete skin and a large skylight in the roof. The light falls into the entrance zones arranged radially around the main walkways. The five levels are connected via openings at the center. Customers at the center of the mall can tell at a glance where they are.

Highly transparent All of the shopfronts are made of glass and consist mainly of sliding walls. They open and close smoothly thanks to

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HAWA-Variotec 150/GV hardware. Architect Bernadett Kurtze names aesthetic appeal as one of the reasons behind the choice of hardware: “We wanted the elements to be as transparent as possible.”

However, the main reason for choosing ­HAWA-Variotec 150/GV hardware is its outstanding flexibility. “It allows store ­owners to decide whether to open the ­entire front”, says architect Kurtze, project manager for the Centro at Ostinelli & ­Partners, “or to use a section as a shop window.”

It also makes management more flexible when shops change tenants. Lightweight internal partition walls make it easy to make floor space larger or smaller. These walls are easy to convert thanks to the use of HAWA-Variotec 150/GV hardware on a continuous curved track.

Flexibility guaranteed: shop owners in the Centro Ovale have greater freedom of ­design thanks to HAWA-­Variotec 150/GV. Project: Centro Ovale Location: Chiasso Country: Switzerland Architect: Ostinelli & Partners, Chiasso Realization: Galvolux SA, Bioggio Building owner: Centro Ovale 1 SA, Chiasso Completion: September 2011 Hawa system: HAWA-Variotec 150/GV Intention: Shopfronts Quantity: 267 Material: Glass SLIDE No. 12 15

Projects

Unobstructed outside view The new building on Bahnhofplatz in the Swiss town of Winterthur is immediately noticeable.

The slanting roof and the large window over the entrance to the shopping mall – which opened in the summer of 2013 – are very eye catching.

The new complex offers space for 69 apartments, offices, a gymnasium, a doctor’s office, a crèche and 200 parking spaces in the basement. The big attraction of the Archhöfe building is the new 11,000 square meter City Mall with 35 stores on three levels. Connected by elevators and escalators, each of the three levels is aimed at a different target audience.

The fashion shops on the first floor, for instance, attract a younger clientele, whilst those on the second floor are aimed at families and sports enthusiasts.

From the inside, the mall offers views of the railway station and the old town. Daylight floods in through windows and skylights. The stores also contribute to the light and airy ­ambience through glass shopfronts with a mix of fixed and sliding elements.

Up to one half of the shopfronts consist of sliding elements, all of which are equipped with the HAWA-Variotec 150/GV. The hardware was chosen by metalworking company Blaser AG who installed the shopfronts. “We have made exclusive use of hardware from Hawa for many years”, says managing director Heier Blaser, “the products have a high quality and simple functionality. After all, the sliding elements are not operated by technical experts and therefore need to be simple to use and run smoothly.”

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Project: Location: Country: Architects: Realization: Building owner: Completion: Hawa system: Intention: Quantity: Material:

Archhöfe Winterthur Switzerland BDE Architekten GmbH, Winterthur ­Brunnschweiler, Denzler, Dorsch, Erb Blaser Metallbau AG, Andelfingen Halter AG, Zurich / BVK, Zürich (investor) Spring 2013 HAWA-Variotec 150/GV Shopfronts 400 elements Glass

Continuous floor b­ etween mall and stores: the solution in the Archhöfe mall utilizes point-to-point floor guides instead of guide rails.

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Know-how

Shopping malls in the 21st century

Clear, open, simple Shopping malls depend on good accessibility and a variegated mix of stores. They also need to be well designed so that visitors can find their way around and feel comfortable.

Customers in shopping malls should be able to find their way around quickly and ­easily. This is one of the most important ­aspects of design. The signage should be simple, clear and self-explanatory. Andreas Ramseier of Ramseier Associates, who ­designed the Shopping Arena in St. Gallen, Switzerland and has converted older shopping malls, says: “Customers need to see ­immediately what is where. The less signage, the better.”

Well-lit zones make it clear where the entrance is; central areas of the mall are identifiable by light and color. Customers should find it easy to quickly form an overview and be able to see what shops are where no

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­ atter their current location. Transparent m ­balustrades help achieve this objective.

Daylight as lifeblood Ramseier sees daylight as another element of design. In the 1970s, many malls were fully enclosed and offered no daylight at all. In contrast, modern malls are flooded with daylight as far as possible. “Daylight is lifeblood and of great importance to the well-being of staff and customers alike. Furthermore, the colors of clothing always look different in artificial light, no matter how good it is.” Older malls converted and upgraded by him, such as the Glatt Center in Wallisellen near Zurich, now feature skylights as a light source in ­addition to artificial lighting. Ramseier consid-

“Daylight is lifeblood.

It needs to be refracted to prevent glare in the mall.”

Andreas Ramseier, architect, interior architect (diploma), CEO of Ramseier Associates

Left: Daylight flows generously through the dome into the Rheinpark mall in St. Margrethen, Switzerland.

Right: The large opening above the entrance to the Archhöfe shopping mall offers a view of the city of Winterthur.

ers the stores to be the main actors in shopping malls. He prefers to give malls a reserved ­design using simple materials to allow shops to draw attention to themselves: “Malls provide a stage for shops and stores and should be kept in the background.”

mall can often see through to the outside and determine their location.” That is why the City Window, as the large opening at the ­entrance is known, provides a view of the old town and Bahnhofplatz, the square outside the railway station.

Connecting to the environment

Uniform and flexible storefronts

Architects often design the interior of shopping malls as worlds in their own right. The surrounding environment should nonetheless ­remain perceptible. The designers behind the Archhöfe mall in Winterthur felt the same: “Many malls have an effect like a black box”, says Amadeus Dorsch, partner at BDE ­Architekten, “you go inside and no longer know where you are. Visitors to the Archhöfe

The glass fronts on the inside allow the stores to present themselves and their wares effectively to customers. Storefronts have to fulfil differing demands: jewelry shops need security glazing, fashion shops want sliding glass doors, and other stores want automatic doors.

Despite these different demands, architects and designers prefer to use a standard storefront design to create a uniform appearance.

“The Archhöfe mall offers a view to the outside to provide orientation.”

Amadeus Dorsch, architect, partner at BDE Architekten

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HAWA-Folding Concepta 25

Using rooms flexibly Simply fold away and slide into a side recess

It’s good to have a space to hide things behind sliding doors in rooms used for different purposes. Like the desk in the spare room, for instance.

­ ining rooms: half-height fronts from workd top to ceiling are also possible. It can even conceal generous kitchenettes with up to four standard cabinets of 600 mm each.

HAWA-­Folding Concepta 25, the new bi-folding cabinet pocket hardware system, is ideal for multi-functional rooms. Use it to conceal the washing machine and dryer in bathrooms that double up as utility rooms. The front is only opened when the machines are in use.

Folding and sliding

Ideal for walk-in closets Bi-folding cabinet pocket doors that run smoothly on HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 hardware are also ideal for the bedroom. The front conceals the wardrobe behind and the doors close flush with the front. The room appears less busy as a result. There is no need for a break in the floor covering as the hardware doesn’t ­require a cabinet base.

The hardware is also perfect for concealing the kitchen units in combined living and

Once the new hardware is installed to the cabinet, it will let you open and close very large fronts of up to 2800 mm in width and 2600 mm in height with a single movement.

You can access the cabinet across its entire width. Hawa’s scissor technology also prevents the doors from jamming and moves even heavy doors with gentle ease. Each door can weigh up to 25 kg or 50 kg per pair. Multi-door fronts slide smoothly and flush into a recess of just 110 mm in width.

Two types of movement, one hardware ­system

Learn more about the HAWA-­Folding Concepta 25 at www.folding-­concepta.com

There is a reason why the HAWAFolding Concepta 25 is so flexible in use: it unites two types of movement – folding and sliding – in a single hardware system.

HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 enables a wide range of solutions:

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Half-height bi-folding cabinet pocket doors from worktop to ceiling

Walk-in closets that do not need a cabinet base

The folded door fits into a space of just 110 mm in width.

Discreet and aesthetic ­­ recess ­solution: room-high cabinet with uninterrupted flooring.

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Know-how

See the HAWA-­Frontego 30/matic in action here: www.frontego-matic.com

HAWA-Frontego 30/matic

Successfully tested and certified Ideal weather protection, shutters fold and slide at the touch of a button

Houses with large window fronts should be protected from wind and weather, rain and sun. The new HAWA-Frontego 30/matic folding sliding hardware affords reliable protection in any weather.

All by simply pushing a button.

Protection for large window openings The hardware is ideal for largesurface building shells with lots of glass and little parking space, such as schools, office buildings and hotels. The new automated hardware system folds shutters made of different materials and weighing up to 30 kg per shutter.

They are parked at an angle of 90° to the window front. The drive and gear system of the ­HAWA-Frontego 30/matic accelerates and decelerates the ­shutters smoothly and quietly.

Totally safe gliding Automatically operated window shutters have to be safe. They

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have to work reliably when the button is pushed to open or close them. Shutters that encounter an obstacle stop and reverse automatically.

Guaranteed for any weather The rugged folding sliding hardware is also suitable for use in coastal areas and locations with high air pollution and extreme temperatures. It works reliably and continuously at – 20° and + 60° and is designed to defy wind, rain and salt.

The hardware was successfully tested in accordance with the strict demands of DIN EN standards for durability, safety of use and corrosion resistance, including a test during which the materials and coatings were sprayed with salt for 1,000 hours. The test results also show that the integrated wind support brackets are able to withstand even severe storm conditions.

The following certificates document outstanding protection and security: • System certified in accordance with DIN EN 13659 • High wind-load resistance (certified to Class 6 in accordance with EN 13659:2011-06, by ift Rosenheim NB No. 0757; tested for Class 8) • Safety of use to Protection Class 3 (as per VFF memorandum KB.01, demonstrated at ift Rosenheim, test report 13-001578-PR02) • 1000-hour salt spray test to DIN EN 9227 • Durability: 20,000 cycles, tested for Class 3 • EMV-tested to EN 61000-6-2:2005 and EN 61000-6-3:2007+A1:2011

Further information on the HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 is available at www.purolino-plus.com

HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80

Easy to fit glass sliding doors Pre-assembly at the workshop, less work on site

Installers like to pre-assemble ­sliding hardware as far as possible in the workshop. They can work more efficiently. HAWAPurolino-PLUS 80, the new ­hardware system for all-glass ­solutions, is just what they need.

Preparing for assembly The installer fits the suspension wedge and soft closing mechanism to the glass at the workshop.

The top track, trolley and track stop are installed on site. The new sliding hardware can be ­attached to the wall or ceiling and is also suitable for integrating in the ceiling. The new, patent-pending wedge suspension of the ­HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 makes it easy to install sliding glass doors and adjust their height.

Direct access from below Assembly is made easier by the fact that all major components such as top track, soft closing mechanism and track stop can be

installed and removed from below.

The wedges also slide very easily into the trolleys. The optional soft closing mechanism SoftMove 80 for the HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 is attached to the left-hand wedge without any additional components. The cover and screen profiles simply clip on once installation is complete.

Slide and let glide The trolleys are equipped with ball-bearings and move doors weighing up to 80 kg easily and quietly along the top tracks. The hydraulic soft closing mechanism SoftMove 80 gently decelerates the door and pulls it softly into the end position.

The wedge suspension of the HAWA-­Purolino-PLUS 80 is easy to push in by hand.

For all-glass sliding doors HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 is suitable for partitioning any room with glass doors and is therefore ideal for rooms in hotels, restaurants, healthcare facilities, office buildings and private homes.

Adjusting the height is now very easy thanks to the new wedge suspension.

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Hawa Student Award 2014

New ideas for s­ tudent housing Participants in the “Hawa Student Award 2014” had to develop new housing ideas for students. The most convincing of the 54 submitted projects was “Schweizer ­Taschenzimmer” by Tim Mohr, a student at TU Hanover, Germany. His project and three others won awards.

Hawa AG invited budding architects to ­compete in the “Hawa Student Award 2014” and will present the awards at the ETH Zurich on 6 March 2014. This year’s competition is the third of its kind. The aim was to develop user-oriented room concepts of high quality and efficient space utilization.

The competition carries a prize of 12,000 Swiss francs and was open to students at universities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Participants were tasked with designing a fictitious project with new ideas for student rooms on a plot in the Affoltern area of Zurich. The subject is very topical given the lack of affordable living space for students in many university towns and cities. Making the most efficient use of space is a necessity in view of the high cost of land available for new developments.

Living space for students Participants were called on to develop residence halls for 60 to 80 students. Each model was to be based on the tried and tested concept of shared accommodation but with modern and innovative ideas of how to adapt it to the changing requirements of ­student life. These ideas should explicitly

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­include sliding and folding solutions for ­ onnecting and separating rooms. c The 54 submissions were judged by a jury of eight experts. The quality of the architecture and interior design played a major role in the judging process. The winning project was “Schweizer T ­ aschenzimmer”, a clever play on words with reference to the famous Swiss Army knife, by Tim Mohr at Hanover Technical University in Germany.

The project convinced the jury through a carefully designed eight-floor building with elements of modern architecture and flexible room solutions that leave the students much freedom of design. Well-thought-out folding and sliding solutions also played their part in the project’s overall impression.

The jury Prof. Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, Technical University Braunschweig; Prof. Christian ­Kerez, ETH Zurich; Prof. Andreas Lichtblau, Technical University Graz; Prof. András Pálffy, Technical University Vienna; Prof. M ­ ichael Schumacher, Leibniz University H ­ anover; Prof. Luca Selva, University of Applied Sciences, North-West Switzerland; Gregor Haab, CEO Hawa AG; Anke Deutschenbaur, Slide Studio Manager, Hawa AG.

1 Rooms can be reduced to the size of a room-high wardrobe.

2 The 84 rooms are located in a disk-shaped building.

3 A spruce look distinguishes the sliding and folding rooms from immobile building elements.

4 The bed is integrated directly in the room divider.

5 Pushing the rooms to the side creates a large common room.

Winner Tim Mohr, Leibniz University Hanover

Project “Schweizer ­Taschenzimmer” The “Schweizer Taschenzimmer” project comprises a diskshaped, filigree, eight-floor building with space for 84 rooms ­divided into 24 communities.

Each of the two to five rooms that make up a community can

be reduced to a minimum size by sliding and folding. The basis is a room-high cabinet ­element made of spruce that doubles up as a wall. It contains a bed, shelves and a storage unit all in a very small space.

The option to reduce each room to the size of the cabinet by folding and sliding two walls gives each community substantial freedom to decide how to use the available space. Residents who are absent for a peri-

od of time can fold away their rooms and make the space available to the community. The walls of a number of rooms fold away to form a large common room for parties and other events.

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Award winner Jara Baarlink, RWTH Aachen

Project “Under one roof” “Under one roof” is a befitting name for this project: a huge roof reaching nearly to ground level and in keeping with the traditional farmhouse architecture of the ­region forms the basic shape of a building constructed around

a courtyard. The communities are connected by two internal alleyways lit up by skylights.

The kitchens have sliding glass elements that open up to the semi-public space. Each residential unit has a vertical

arrangement: the floor above the kitchen houses study rooms, above which are the students’ private rooms. These rooms are equipped with galleries as sleeping areas directly beneath the roof.

Interior alleyways lit up by skylights and the adjacent diner-kitchens create a semi-public room.

Award winners Alain Brülisauer and Matthias Schilling, Bern University of Applied Sciences

Project “WOODSTOCK” The “WOODSTOCK” project is a classic timber construction based on a grid measuring 3.20 by 3.20 meters. Its three floors are arranged around a central courtyard. The communities are connected by access

balconies and two towers containing stairs and elevators.

The minimum dimensions of the grid also determine the format of the private rooms. They are allocated to communities of two to five inhabitants.

Each community has a dinerkitchen facing the courtyard and shared bathroom facilities.

Folding walls allow the inhabitants to join their communities ­together to form units on each floor.

Folding walls make it possible to join living ­areas together, for ­instance to celebrate an end-of-term party.

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Award-winners Severine Frehner and Yannick Perroud, University of Applied Sciences, North-West Switzerland

Project “Rear Window” The “Rear Window” design is based on a two-floor building structure that spreads out across the entire plot like a net. The buildings are connected by courtyards and stairs. This solution makes it possible to open

up the classic system of shared student accommodation. The ­individual rooms are reduced to a minimum format and are no longer rigidly assigned to a larger structure such as an apartment.

Connecting corridors and doors

enable private rooms to be assigned to the adjacent shared areas of kitchen and common room in various combinations. The concept adapts flexibly to the everchanging requirements of its residents.

Courtyards, stairs and corridors make it ­possible to form different combinations of private rooms and common areas.

Promoting young talent in Argentina

Ideas for flexible rooms Hawa has for the second time presented awards to students in Argentina studying architecture and industrial design. Competition subject: “The adaptable community center: well-conceived boundaries”. Participants were asked to use sliding solu-

tions to develop rooms with a high degree of flexibility. They also had to find a socially acceptable compromise for the project location and the people who live there. The jury assessed 38 projects with a high quality of development and design.

The winners (f.l.t.r.): ­Daiana M. Benítez, Paula Florencia Stella, Agustín Ernesto B ­ iggeri, ­César ­Lissarrague, ­Sonia Meller. Segundo Denegri is not in the photo.

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Know-how

HAWA-Junior in the HAWA-Systemplanner

Step by step to the right sliding hardware “The HAWA-Systemplanner makes it much easier for me to plan projects with sliding hardware”, says Martin S ­ cheuble. The master joiner of the Schneebeli Schreinerhandwerk joinery company in ­Ottenbach, Switzerland appreciates the online tool as it enables him to plan and implement projects more efficiently.

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Martin Scheuble’s viewpoint: the customer wants a sliding door as a separating element between living room and guest bedroom. The HAWA-Systemplanner offers an overview of all potential applications for the HAWA-Junior and provides a visual demonstration of the door types suited to the purpose.

A simple sliding door was chosen for the living room: HAWA-­Junior 120/B is the right hardware for the project.

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The top track is installed in accordance with the assembly instruction printed out by Scheuble. The door, already pre-assembled at the workshop, simply fits into the track. Job done.

The door of some 90 kilos measures 2390 x 2127 mm and glides smoothly to and fro thanks to the HAWA-Junior 120/B.

The online tool from Hawa provides tradesmen with all the important documents: sketches, assembly instructions and hardware list, all available for downloading. “The HAWA-Systemplanner is very well designed”, says wood ­expert ­Martin Scheuble, “it helps me to think of every aspect during the planning process so that nothing is forgotten.”

HAWA-Systemplanner is the ­ practical planning aid for day-to-day work: www.hawa.ch

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Product News

Running properties

All-glass sliding door lock

Hawa product range

Hawa product range

New vertical seal

Short cylinder 17 mm

Product range planning

New requirements, new solutions

The vertical seal for HAWA-Junior 40-80-120 and HAWA-Puro 100–150 now has flocking on the face that is in contact with the glass.

In January 2014, Hawa introduced a 17-mm profile cylinder for HAWA-Toplock cover caps, available in a stainless steel look or a dull chrome finish. The cylinder fits flush with the lock. It enables solutions for all-glass sliding doors with a high-quality, aesthetic design.

The following systems will only be available up to the end of 2014 or while stocks last:

The following systems will remain in the product range until the end of 2014 and will be available up to the end of 2015 or while stocks last:

The vertical seals together with the aluminum profiles will continue to be available in lengths of 2500 mm and 3500 mm. The article numbers remain the same.

Design options: 1 short cylinder 28 mm satin nickelized (stainless steel look), includes 2 trapezoid keys Article No. 24287 1 short cylinder 28 mm dull chrome finish, includes 2 trapezoid keys Article No. 24288 The short cylinders are based on the popular KESO 2000 system.

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HAWA-20a Folding wall 45 and HAWA-20 Folding wall 30 Replacement: HAWA-Variofold 80/H HAWA-Junior 80-120-160/GV Replacement: HAWA-Junior 80-120-160/G HAWA-Junior 120-160/M Replacement: HAWA-Junior 120-160/A HAWA-Symmetric 80/GV Replacement: HAWA-Symmetric 80/G HAWA-230 Faltfront 15/30 and HAWA-Topfold 40 Replacement: HAWA-Multifold 30-30/W HAWA-Rondo 150/GB, HAWA-Media 70/GB and HAWA-Novel 20/40: These three systems will be discontinued and will not be replaced.

HAWA-Turnaway X2-X5 Replacement: HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 HAWA-Folding Turnaway 15/20 Replacement: HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 HAWA-Motronic 12V Replacement: HAWA-Motronic 230 VAC HAWA-Elementfront 20/30 will remain in the program until the end of 2015 and will then be available up to the end of 2016 or while stocks last. This product will not be replaced.

Agenda

Personal

fensterbau frontale 14 World trade show for technologies, components and construction elements for window, door and facade www.frontale.de

26. – 29.3.2014

Messezentrum Nuremberg, Germany Hawa: Hall 4, Stand 4-123

Nordbygg 14 Scandinavia’s most important trade show for the construction industry www.nordbygg.com

1. – 4.4.2014

Stockholm International Fairs, Sweden Hawa: Hall C, Stand C 12:38

Architect@Work 14 National trade show for architecture, construction and interior work www.architectatwork.lu

23. – 24.4.2014

Luxexpo, Luxembourg Hawa: Stand 19

Architect@Work 14 National trade show for architecture, construction and interior work www.architect-at-work.ch

7. – 8.5.2014

Messe Zurich, Switzerland Hawa: Stand 112

K.Days.14 Trade show for wood processors, shows innovations from the world of hardware, tools and small machinery www.kdays.ch

12. – 13.6.2014 26. – 27.6.2014 3. – 4.7.2014 10. – 11.7.2014

Olma St. Gallen Bea Bern Air Force Center Dübendorf Cerm Martigny

Chariessa Payne Chariessa Payne came on board Hawa Americas Inc. in Dallas in May 2013. She brought with her a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing – and a flair for dealing with people. Her specialist areas are marketing and sales: “My wish is to see Hawa become the leading provider of quality sliding hardware in the USA.”

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David Lutz He would really love to invite every architect and interior designer in America to the Hawa Showroom in Dallas, says David Lutz. Sales representative and father-of-three David has his fingers on the pulse of the US. “I particularly appreciate the top-quality products and the company’s family spirit.”

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Hawa sliding hardware: open for refreshing elegance.

A need for flexible room utilization, increasing demands on comfort and style and new priorities in living quarters such as an upgrading of bathrooms are some of the challenges of modern interior design: Hawa AG takes them on with a continuously expanding range of high-quality hardware for space-saving sliding, folding and stacking solutions. A visit to www.hawa.ch is therefore always worthwhile for architects, planners and processors alike.

Hawa AG, 8932 Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, Tel. +41 44 767 91 91, Fax +41 44 767 91 78, www.hawa.ch