SLIDE No. 5 - Hawa magazine in English

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No. 5

Magazine for Architecture, Design, Retailer, Trade

Wood A living emotional material

A dialogue on sliding Europe’s most modern log cabin Hawa live on tour

Contents

Wood Wood and Hawa – with pleasure Methuselah stands in the Inyo National Forest in California. The pine tree was given its name

by Edmund Schulman of the University of ­Arizona. He took a core sample from the tree in 1958 and counted more than 4,700 tree rings. Methuselah is considered to be the oldest tree in the world.

Joinery Fontana, Flims Bartholome Durisch handles sliding ­hardware from Hawa

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Wood is an incredible material. Natural, renewable, valuable and durable. The oldest log cabin in Switzerland was built in 1175. This fact was established by tree researchers who collect, measure and compare sequences of tree rings. Every partial match provides information on earlier ages. Scientists can date some wood beams down to the exact year – thanks to their tree rings.

The success story of Hawa AG began in a wooden barn. With sliding hardware for wooden doors. Although the demand for our solutions for glass and metal is growing impressively, three out of four Hawa systems are still combined with wood.

We have dedicated this edition of SLIDE to wood as a construction material that is always full of surprises. We hope the amusing text on page 5 makes you smile – and that you find the entire magazine an interesting read.

Topic The hoarse window Monte Rosa, Switzerland’s most complex log cabin Wood is versatile Where wood lives and is lived

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Projects Folkart Narlidere, Narlidere near Izmir Villa Vals, Vals Holiday home Seebächli, Wildhaus

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Know-how

Gregor and Heinz Haab Managing Directors Hawa AG Sliding Hardware Systems

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HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 and HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF: international roadshows Hawa Student Award 2010 «We like to encourage young talent.»

New subsidiary: Hawa Americas Inc. Product News Agenda, Personal

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Folkart Narlidere, Turkey The sea in front, the meeting place at the rear

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International roadshow The astounding installer-friendliness of the HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50

Wood is versatile A new violin that beat a ­Stradivarius in a blind test

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Hawa Student Award 2010 «The reciprocal inspiration was tangible.»

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The hoarse window The small, peculiar folk known as the ­«Appenzeller» live in the east of Switzerland. Many of them live in small, peculiar farmhouses with small, peculiar windows.

Original Appenzeller windows consist of six and sometimes even eight panes. Appenzeller folk open their windows by sliding two panes horizontally over the two adjacent panes. These movable panes are known as «Schieberli» or «Läuferli». The Schieberli moves inside a very simple wooden groove.

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It bemoans each rough slide with a hoarse scratching sound. ­ And may well sometimes dream of quiet plastic rollers running on smooth tracks. Of gliding and floating and an encounter with sliding hardware made by Hawa.

Hawa sliding hardware: I wish you good health!

Only good things, one hopes.

Schieberli: I am healthy.

That goes without saying. Take, for instance, the plastic rollers with their maintenance-free bearings; millions have been used in sliding doors around the world since the 1960s, and they can glide on aluminium profiles as if on tracks.

But perhaps a little hoarse ...?

I always sound like that. It is typical of wood sliding on wood.

Oh, I am sorry.

No need to be. Scratching is a part of who I am. It is music to the ears of Appenzeller folk.

Really?

Really. When an Appenzeller hears that scratching noise, he knows he is at home. That is what matters to him.

Do you like it?

One gets used to it. By the way, hinged windows have also been around for a few decades. They don’t scratch at all, and might just squeak occasionally. But I still prefer to be a Schieberli.

Why? Firstly, it is a matter of pride. Secondly, hinged windows only have three components, something I don’t like. Thirdly, hinged windows need more space.

Does that matter?

Well-informed, I must say!

Plastic and aluminium didn’t even exist when Schieberli like me were ­invented. Up until the 16th century the houses of Appen­zell didn’t even have glass windows.

So how did they let daylight into the house?

Carpenters nailed oiled paper or linen to the window frame. The «­ daylight» consisted at best of a shimmer of light and at worst of nothing at all. On the other hand, the shutters on original Appen­zeller f­armhouses were in fact sliding shutters.

How can that be? I can’t see any parking space at all for sliding shutters between all those windows ...

The shutters are hidden inside the house front, above and beneath the windows. You simply pull or slide them out of their pockets. That saves space and makes it possible to build uninterrupted rows of ­window.

Of course. Most living rooms in Appenzell have a bench beneath the window on the inside. When a visitor comes knocking at the house all you have to do is to push the Schieberli to one side. Hinged windows, however, force the people on the bench to move out of the way. Even small Appen­zeller folk have to move.

You discovered at a very early age how sliding can save space.

How come visitors knock on the house front instead of ringing the bell?

We old Schieberli still grate wood on wood ...

Because old Appenzeller farmhouses don’t have bells. It is customary to attract attention by knocking against the wooden panelling beneath the living room window. I’m not particularly fond of knocking. It rattles my panes, you know.

Scratching, knocking, rattling – that’s a hard life.

How true. I have often longed for a more refined method of gliding.

You are a sliding hardware system from Hawa, aren’t you? I’ve heard a lot about you.

That’s true. And you discovered how to slide without scratching.

I’ve heard that a HAWA-Super 500 can move doors weighing half a tonne ...

And how! They slide especially smoothly and quietly.

But remember: your scratching is music to the ears of an Appenzeller.

Your occupants feel at home because of your rough music. Mine feel at home because I am so quiet.

True. That is why you became a success around the world and not me.

I can’t see why I should. My world is the Appenzeller countryside.

And mine is the entire world, the world of architecture, the world of sliding.

Nicely said. And let me scratch you something else!

Author Willi Näf writes contributions for the ­satirical programmes «Giacobbo / Müller» on Swiss television and «Zweierleier» on Swiss ­radio. The scratching sound of the «Schieberli» ­reminds the farmer’s boy from ­Appenzell of his childhood.

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Switzerland’s most complex log cabin It stands at 2,880 metres above sea level. To reach it by foot takes two and a half hours. It looks like a rock crystal. It has five storeys and eight corners. It is made of wood and clad in a coat of aluminium and solar panels. It reigns over the Gorner glacier, the second-largest ­glacier of the Alps, where winds whip past at 250 km/h and the winter buries the rock under metres of snow. It offers accommodation for 120 people and an unobstructed view of the Matterhorn: the Monta Rosa cabin, inaugurated in the autumn of 2009.

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The name «cabin» is coquetry. The project shared by the Swiss Alpine Club SAC and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, or ETH Zürich cost 6.5 million Swiss Francs and is considered a milestone of high-alpine construction. The solar power system creates 90% of the required energy. The cavern in the rock holds 220,000 litres of snowmelt; the building’s water circulation system incorporates a recycling plant, and the ventilation system works with heat recovery. The main computer in charge of the cabin’s building management operations is located at ETH Zürich. It receives a continuous stream of information from the cabin on temperatures, solar radiation, charge levels of the energy and water accumulators, forecasts for the weather and the

number of visitors. It uses the information to control the cabin’s energy management. The company Holzbau AG of Mörel processed 200 tonnes of beech and spruce for the walls and ceilings. State-of-the-art technology was employed to calculate the weight, dimensions, ornamentation and fitting accuracy of the elements. Finished parts were flown to the site by helicopter and assembled within the few short weeks of the alpine summer by carpenters using virtually no construction machinery at all.

Andrea Deplazes, professor of architecture at ETH Zürich and chairman of the jury for the Hawa Student Award 2010, is responsible for the architecture of this groundbreaking building.

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Wood is versatile The Middle Ages were a cold period in history. The sun had fewer sunspots and less radiation. Volcanoes erupted more frequently, spitting more ash into the atmosphere. The spruce trees of the Southern Alps grew particularly slowly and evenly over a period of several centuries.

Antonio Stradivarius (1644 – 1737), the violin maker from Cremona in Italy, loved their wood.

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300 years later the most expensive Stradivarius violins command prices of three million Swiss Francs and more. Stradivarius experts believe their sound is not least due to the «miniature ice age». ­Francis Schwarze, tree pathologist and fungus researcher at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Tech­ nology, has discovered that fungus-infested spruce trees of today have a similar density to the healthy trees of long ago. Schwarze had an idea: he searched for a fungus that did not destroy the ­cellular structure of the wood but only reduced its density. And he found it in the form of «Xylaria longipes», the causative organism behind white rot.

Schwarze contacted Michael Rhonheimer, a violin maker from Baden in Switzerland. The violin maker chose sycamore and Nor-

wegian spruce as tonewoods and gave them to the tree pathologist, who treated the wood with the fungus for six and a half months. The violin maker then created two violins from the treated wood; he also made two comparison violins from untreated wood from the same trees.

The showdown took place on 1 September 2009 in the German city of Osnabrück in front of an audience of 180 and an expert jury: concealed behind a white curtain, British violinist Matthew Trusler played his own Stradivarius from 1711 and the four Rhonheimer ­instruments. At the end of the blind audition the audience and jury were in complete agreement as to which one was the real Stradivarius. But they were wrong: Brahms and Mendelssohn sounded best when played on the fungus-treated Rhonheimer «Opus 58». slide No. 5 9

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Joinery Fontana AG, Flims The village of Flims lies on a sunny terrace around 50 kilometres downstream from where the Rhine originates in the Swiss Alps. At the heart of the village stands a weathered wooden house – home to Joinery Fontana. Sunrays permeate the workshop, and fine sawdust dances in the light. Here, you can see wood, smell wood and hear wood when you walk across the wooden floorboards in the workshop; to put it briefly:

This is where wood lives and is lived

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«Wood is nature», says Bartholome Durisch, also known as Bartli. He has worked in the small joinery together with four employees for the last 31 years and became a partner in 1994. «Wood has always been my passion.

My father and my grandfather were joiners.»

The Fontana joinery is an all-round operation with a wealth of experience to match. Good wood-working specialists are much sought after in Flims; the village belongs to the tourist destination of Flims-Laax-Falera and the proportion of holiday homes in the area lies at 70%. Even if apartments are becoming more spacious, the available space still needs to be utilised as best as can be. Sliding doors are often the first choice in upmarket interior design.

Industrial and traditional

«We normally fit ten to fifteen sliding hardware systems per year. But in 2010 it is more likely to be around 30. Sliding solutions are gaining popularity among building owners and architects.»

Bartholome Durisch, Joinery Fontana AG, Flims

Bartli Durisch prefers to work with solid wood in all its originality. Solid wood accounted for the lion’s share until around the mid 1980s: «When we used to fell trees with the Korporation Flims in the community’s own forests, we would go into the forest and cut the pine trees. We would have them transported down to the valley, have them cut and leave them to dry for three years». That is no longer real­ istic today. «Deadline pressure has increased, and many sawmills have disappeared from the valley».

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Modern and alpine Modern architecture started moving into Flims in the 1980s and brought with it walls that are plastered instead of mortised and made of wood fibreboard instead of solid Swiss pine or fir. Architects have more freedom of design than with the alpine chalet construction method that is still predominant in South Tyrol or the Bernese Oberland.

The reduced language of architecture has made sliding hardware more popular. This bears no relevance to the style of interior ­design, says Bartli Durisch: «Last year, we completed traditional style joinery work in a house in the village. We constructed a beau­ tifully framed door with frieze and panelling and fitted a hardware system from Hawa.

It all came together perfectly.»

A work in progress: a dressing-room, ­accessible from the bathroom and bedroom and fitted with sliding doors equipped with HAWA-Junior 40/Z. The cabinet doors also glide on rollers – with HAWA-Dorado 40/MF. 12 slide No. 5

«We used to have certain reservations towards sliding hardware. But it is in ever greater demand. When you use it on a routine basis you soon realise how easy it is to install.»

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Projects

Folkart Narlidere

Open for sun and people, closed for peace and solitude: folding sliding shutters on the Turkish Riviera equipped with HAWA-Frontfold 20.

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Façade

Eye-catching all around The Catalkaya mountains, the forest and the highway form the background. In the foreground, the Turkish Riviera. In between lies a 1,500 metre broad strip of coastline. And, since 2008, a luxurious residential complex, screened from the outside and built with ­foresight and sea views.

Folkart Narlidere stands on a plot with four opposing residential wings, each with eight floors. The 168 apartments are characterised by amorphous, sweeping terraces and balconies, each with a sea view.

The reverse side of the buildings serve not only to provide access to the residential units: architect Emre Arolat of Istanbul has designed them as multi-storey atriums. They consist of materials with a natural finish such as wood, stone and fair-faced concrete, enhanced by more than 2,000 trees in large planters. The atriums form a transition between the interior and exterior. Residents control penetrability by means of folding sliding shutters made of wood: open, they let as much light as possible into the apartment; closed, they provide an ­effective sun and privacy screen, delicately in-

tegrated into the overall picture. Together they give the complex the same powerful signature from end to end. All folding sliding shutters glide on the HAWA-Frontfold 20 sliding hardware system.

Buildings with magnificent fronts and dull rears can be seen along many beachfronts around the world. The atriums with folding sliding shutters at Folkart Narlidere upgrade the rear of the complex to a living and harmonious meeting place for neighbours – a great architectural success.

Project: Residential complex Folkart Narlidere Location: Narlidere (Izmir) Country: Turkey Architect: EAA – EMRE AROLAT ARCHITECTS, Istanbul Realization: Natürel Ahsap Insaat Taahhüt Pazarlama ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti., Istanbul Building owner: Folkart Yapi Completion: 2008 Hawa system: HAWA-Frontfold 20 Intention: 220 folding sliding shutter installations each with 2 elements left and right Quantity: 880 Material: Wood slide No. 5 15

Projects

Villa Vals

Wood, hollow and hillside Constructed in 2009, Villa Vals can be found just a stone’s throw away from the world-­ famous hot springs of Vals in Swiss Graubün­ den – but you have to look hard: the villa is hidden away underground.

Architects Bjarne Mastenbroek of SeARCH and Christian Müller of CMA blew a hollow in the rock, constructed a two-storey landscaped interior of fair-faced concrete in the hollow and covered it with earth. The villa blends naturally into the hillside topography.

Its only external face, a wall of natural stone,

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forms the rear of an elliptical courtyard with a firewood depot, seating areas, a wood-fired bath tub and an unobstructed view of the Graubünden mountains. The old wooden barn beneath the villa serves as an entrance hall connected by a tunnel measuring 22 metres. The tunnel combines a lot of concrete with little light and is reminiscent of the Swiss Army’s mountain bunkers.

The effect is intentional: anyone entering the villa from this ­access point feels safe and sound. Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian

Müller designed and furnished the interior with the help of Dutch designers who added accents ranging from playful to experimental to the 160 square metre living area. The emotional coolness of the fair-faced concrete is further contrasted by oakwood elements in the form of staircases, built-in cabinets, furniture and doors. The carpentry Andreas Gartmann AG of Vals was responsible for the woodwork. Sliding wooden doors were fitted at a central location between the living room and breakfast kitchen at the request of the two architects.

Room The sliding wooden door between the living and dining room glides effortlessly with a HAWA-Junior 120/B with a suspension profile for minimum installation height; the sliding ­cabinet doors glide on HAWA-Miniroll 15.

Project: Villa Vals Location: Vals Country: Switzerland Architect: Bjarne Mastenbroeck, SeARCH bv, Amsterdam and Christian Müller, CMA, Rotterdam Realization: Andreas Gartmann AG, Holzbau, Vals Building owner: Private Completion: 2009 Hawa systems: HAWA-Junior 120/B and HAWA-Miniroll 15 Intention: Sliding doors and sliding cabinet doors Quantity: 2/2 Material: Wood, veneered and oiled oak, and

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Projects

A cleverly used slanting ceiling: the space behind the ­elegant wood panelling contains all of the room’s ­furniture.

«The refurbished attic can now be used as a study, a playroom or a bedroom for up to four people.»

Martina Hauser

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Holiday home Seebächli

All wrapped up Few buildings make efficient use of low ­slanting ceilings. However, well-conceived sliding solutions in the Seebächli holiday home in Toggenburg hide the entire furniture in the garret ceiling.

Four beds, bedside tables, a chest of drawers, a desk – it is remarkable how much ­storage space slanting ceilings can provide when they are cleverly equipped. And how

versatile 33 square metres of living space can be when utilised in this manner. The ­furniture glides on casters and the cabinet fronts on HAWA-Multifold 30/W sliding hardware. The latter is fitted with concealed ­hinges on one side. The hardware does not require a floor guide which makes it easy and convenient to move pieces of furniture in and out of the storage area. Joiner Werner Näf of Unterwasser used untreated and un-

processed Toggenburg spruce for the furniture, walls, doors and floors, much in keeping with the wood structure of the fifty-year-old holiday home. Two compact glass cubes bathe the room in a warm and cosy light.

One is designed as a shower unit, the other as a wardrobe. Floral silhouettes printed on the glass panels are reminiscent of the ornate Baroque paintings found on old rustic furniture from Tog­genburg.

Project: Holiday home Seebächli Location: Wildhaus Country: Switzerland Architect: Hauser.Meier Architektinnen, Zurich Realization: Werner Näf, Joinery, ­U­­nter­wasser Building owner: Private Completion: 2007 Hawa system: HAWA-Multifold 30/W Intention: Cabinet fronts Quantity: 2 installations, each with 2 door pairs Material: Wood, untreated and unprocessed spruce slide No. 5 19

Know-how

«You get to know new hardware better if you watch it being ­installed.»

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Albert Bachmann, Albert Bachmann AG Horw, Switzerland

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International roadshows with HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 and HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF

Sliding hardware systems live on tour Peter Schuler spent a week travelling through Italy. The technical consultant of Hawa AG demonstrated to around 220 wood-working specialists, kitchen fitters and designers just how easy it is to fit the new HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 pivot/slide-in hardware. «The audience was astonished», says Schuler.

Installed in around 30 minutes

The invitation to travel through Italy came from Häfele Italia s.r.l., a sales partner of Hawa AG. The company wanted to present the pivot/ slide-in hardware HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 to its customers. Live demonstrations took place in Häfele showrooms around the country. The roadshow even had to ­relocate to seminar rooms in Campo Bisenzio and Visinale due to the large number of interested participants.

According to Peter Schuler, many of the visitors to the ten live demonstrations had already gained experience working with previous pivot/slide-in ­systems. «They were all the more astounded to see with their own eyes just how quick and easy it is to install HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50.»

Peter Schuler reckons it takes around 30 minutes to routinely fit the pivot/slide-in hardware to pre-drilled furniture elements, including settings and adjustments. These are made from the front – even with glass doors. And there are more benefits: the sets for the left and right door panels are identical. The hardware components are first screwed onto the intermediate panel; this is then placed on trestles and the door is connected to the panel. The only drill holes required are those for positioning and for the concealed hinges. The assembly is then pushed into the cabinet and the intermediate panel is screwed into place (1). All settings and adjustments are made from the Mauro Ferraresi, CULTI S.R.L. front – a quantum leap in installer-friendliness. Lentate sul Seveso, Italy

«Making adjustments from the front is a real ­highlight.»

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5 HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50: adjustments from the front Adjust the incline of the doors (2). Check the ­retention force and adjust it on the stop bumper cap (3). Adjust the height on the inside of the front scissor bearing and tighten the 6 upper screws (4). Align the gap with a Hawa concealed hinge and tighten (5). Finally, adjust the opening angle (6) and insert the door.

Clip the guide brush ­onto the brackets and you’re done!

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Know-how

The HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 opens flushsurface doors made of wood or glass weighing up to 50 kg by 90 degrees with a pivoting movement and slides them into a side recess.

The bandwidth of dimensions, weights, material thicknesses and design options is impressive. The hardware system is suitable for furniture fronts or for concealing appliances in the kitchen, utility room or bathroom. Or for designing multi-functional rooms such as a home office in the bedroom or a hobby corner in the spare room. Or for room-high recess enclosures. Maintenance-free scissor technology reliably prevents even frequently used doors from jamming.

«I found the specific ­explanations on assembly very helpful.»

Alessandro Viscardi, viscardi arreda Lissone, Italy

The HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF is the second ­innovation which was demonstrated live alongside the HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50.

The sliding solution for large-surface fronts made of glass, wood or a mix of both running in front of the cabinet body also met with approval, due in particular to its innovative design options and impressive running smoothness. The simplicity of installation in the form of tool-less door fitting and retrospective installation of top tracks and bottom guide channels from the front, to mention but two details, is equally as appealing.

Hawa roadshows worldwide «Our consultants are reporting pleasing results from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and even from Japan», says Eugen Arnold, Sales Director and responsible for the Hawa roadshows.

More trips are planned and will include the USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia and Thailand. Roadshows are also planned for 2011. Eugen Arnold: «We all stand to benefit when sales partners invite us to their countries. They show their customers the latest product range innovations. Customers receive concrete training and input for their daily business. And we are pleased to demonstrate how installer-friendly and functional our sliding solutions are.»

Benefit 1: the sets for the left and right doors are identical.

Benefit 2: drill holes for ­positioning and for the concealed ­hinges are all the ­furniture com­ ponents need.

Benefit 3: all components are fitted to the ­intermediate panel.

Your benefit: installer-friendly scissor technology The rear scissor ­bearing, the rear scissor guide and the guide channel are preassembled at the factory. ­On-site assembly is uncomplicated as settings and fine adjustments are made from the front. Even heavy doors do not need readjustment once properly fitted. Last but not least: the intelligent scissor technology is maintenance-free.

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Rear scissor bearing Front scissor bearing

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Know-how

Hawa Student Award 2010

What winners look like The presentation of the first Hawa Student Award on 4 March 2010 at the ETH Zürich brought together people with an interest in sliding and a number of exciting ideas on the subject. 27 projects were submitted, four of which received prizes awarded by a reputable jury of experts for their innovative room concepts with integrated sliding solutions.

Léo Collomb Max Collomb

Franziska Flückiger Kevin Jans

Project «TOSCA»

Project «PLAN B»

The brothers from French-speaking Morges are students at the Italian-speaking Accademia di ­Architettura di Mendrisio.

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A textile designer and a draughtsman for civil engineering have discovered their passion – and are studying architecture at Lucerne University.

Blaz Hartman Project «900MY»

Daniel Fuchs Simon Mühlebach Project «inter pares»

Blaz Hartman is studying architecture at the Univer­ sity of Ljubljana.

The Slovenian completed an internship in Switzerland in 2004.

The two fellow students at the ETH ­returned to ­Zurich ­after exchange semesters in the Netherlands and Sweden respectively.

Project «TOSCA» Léo Collomb, Max Collomb «TOSCA» is a pavilion made of wood and glass. Expression and materialisation exude a refreshing and charming directness, an ­excellent choice for the chosen context of a lakeside building.

«TOSCA» uses simple means to provide a surprising quantity of versatile room options, similar to a box of tricks. The simple manipulation of a partition wall that slides along the longitudinal axis divides the square floor plan into flexible segments. The project authors present a minimalistic approach to the subject of sliding – exemplary and impressive.

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Project «PLAN B»

Project «900MY»

Franziska Flückiger, Kevin Jans

Blaz Hartman

The biggest surprise held in store by «PLAN B», a threestorey holiday home made of wood, are the sliding ceilings.

They work like a gallery with a double floor that slides out at the touch of a button, turning the gallery into a proper room.

Light-weight, flexible furniture is easily stored in the balustrade corpuses. Whether used by a large family, a professor or a couple – «PLAN B» adapts to every situation without losing any of its charm as a holiday home.

«900MY» is intended as a holiday home for the mountains. The corresponding rough climate played a pivotal role in the design of the house. The truss required for the insulating hipped roof gives the interior both dimension and character. It appears as if the structure of the beams give the house a certain «order». The arrangement and positioning of the supports creates suitable parking spaces for the folding walls. Flexible, divisible rooms below and a large hall above – a fascinating, changeable layout.

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Know-how

ETH professor and jury chairman Andrea ­Deplazes held the laudation.

Project «inter pares» Daniel Fuchs, Simon Mühlebach The functional element containing the kitchen and bathroom is central to the «inter pares» design. These fixtures are immobile. They are surrounded by frame elements, open rooms so to speak, that slide horizontally.

This allows inhabitants to easily create varying room situations. «inter pares» is realisable with existing technical options.

An interesting and well thoughtout project that shows how astoundingly versatile rooms can be combined and used – if their designers and architects bank on sliding elements.

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Karl Haab, one of the two founders of Hawa, chats with two winners.

Finals nominee Liliana Wild ­explains her project idea to fellow students.

What does a jury do if no less than four room concepts are worthy of an award?

It simply presents more awards. The architects Marianne Burkhalter, Axel Fickert, Niklaus Graber, Dominique Salathé and Andrea Deplazes as jurors contributed their expertise towards the decision.

Heinz Haab and Anke Deutschenbaur of Hawa AG acted as judges.

«Sliding becomes an exciting issue when it is based on a good idea», says Andrea Deplazes, architect ETH/BSA and jury chairman. «The four award-winning projects tackled the task from different angles – each one is worthy of praise.»

The beneficial contacts between top-class architects, talented students and interested guests were more important than the prize money of 12,000 Swiss Francs. «Reciprocal inspiration gets architects thinking creatively», says a pleased Heinz Haab, «of smart sliding solutions.»

Questions for Heinz Haab, Managing Director of Hawa AG

«We like to encourage young talent.»

Young architects and craftsmen will shape the industry of tomorrow for which Hawa AG ­develops the innovations of today. That is why Hawa supports young professionals.

To enable them to design rooms and furniture that are as dynamic, flexible and creative as their de­signers.

Why does Hawa AG present the Hawa Student Award?

Heinz Haab: Because it is a good opportunity to support talent and exchange opinions with professionals. We want to learn about their needs and wants. They can get to know our products and use them to design the dynamic living areas that will be the standard of the future. Young professionals are full of ideas, vision and enthusiasm. Just like us.

Are there any other points of contact?

Many. For instance, we are a training partner in the «Training Network of Swiss Cabinetmakers». The German-speaking vocational schools work with a CD-ROM that addresses the subject of sliding as well as sliding so­ lutions from Hawa. We are also present in learning aids for students of architecture and trainee draughtsmen.

And personal contacts?

The more the merrier! Every two years a class from the college for technology and in-

formatics in Zug pays us a visit. The students look around our factory and learn about what we do. Kramsach glass college from Austria is often here, as is the vocational school from Vilshofen in Germany. We receive regular requests from other educational institutes. The level of innovation represented by our products is well-known. We want to set stanards.

And how do you do that?

By developing solutions that are tailored to the wants and needs of architects and craftsmen, top-quality products that create new possibilities. Word spreads quickly and the products soon become the standard.

How does one recognise a «standard»?

By the distribution and popularity of a product. Or by its presence in schools and teaching aids. The fact that graduates at the British Guild of Architectural Ironmongery have to design and offer a sliding wall equipped with a HAWA-Variotec 150/H speaks for itself.

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Hawa Americas Inc.

Ready to slide!

Hawa AG accommodates its customers in the USA: in mid March 2010 Hawa opened its US subsidiary and showroom in Dallas, Texas. From there, Hawa Americas Inc. provides ­support to partner companies and accompanies construction projects from the planning stage to realization. The complete range of sliding solutions is available in the USA.

One showroom and a lot of competence: Hawa Americas Inc. 1825 Market Center Blvd Suite 345, LB # 22 Dallas, Texas 75207 Keith Duckett is there for you: by telephone +1 214 760 9054 or by email duckett.keith@hawa.com

At least ten federal states … … are home to sliding solutions from Hawa, many of them in ­Miami and on Hawaii. Hawa systems are also at work in L.A., Washington D.C. and in the Ivy League University of Princeton, New Jersey, where a HAWA-­Rondo 150/GB is in use (bottom left).

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80% of the 310 million people in the USA live in urban agglomerations.

Space is at a premium. A whole new world for sliding solutions.

Service platform with training facility The foundation of Hawa Americas Inc. is a consequence of the growing number of customers in the USA. Customer proximity is an important criterion, says Lucas M. Jenni, Vice President Marketing and Sales at Hawa AG: «We want to know the business segment and its requirements; that knowledge enables us to offer sound advice and ideal solutions. Our subsidiary with its showroom is a service platform with a training ­facility for architects, designers, retailers and processors.»

Texas is ideal as a location and a regional focus for the subsidiary. More than six million people live in the Dallas-Fort-Worth metroplex.

The Texan economy is stable in comparison to other federal states, and there are good transport connections for both products and people. Furthermore, Dallas is a valuable geographical addition with regard to supporting sales partners throughout the USA. Louis Chevrolet built automobiles, Adolph Rickenbacher built guitars. Steve Ballmer is the head of Microsoft, Claude Nicollier rocketed into space four times for NASA. Marc Forster and Renée Zellweger have won ­Oscars, Jewel Kilcher sold 25 million CDs. These are the kind of stories America loves.

And they are stories about people with Swiss roots.

Switzerland and the USA share many things in common at an economic level, too. Both countries are on top of the competitive capacity league and are home to an above-average number of global brands. Switzerland has created around half a million US jobs as the sixth-largest investor in America.

In America, «Swiss made» is synonymous with «top quality». The age-old democracy of the European Alps stands for authenticity and reliability – as do the products manufactured by the small country.

The trend towards a quality product The USA always represents a challenge to any company. The market is very heterogeneous on account of its size alone. Current ­exchange rate fluctuations are relatively pronounced. And the American understanding of product liability calls for adjustments to terms and conditions of business, assembly in­ structions and warranties. At the same time, product ­liability legislation is driving the trend towards high-quality products, thus making Hawa products all the more attractive. Hawa Americas Inc. is able to build on the good ­reputation of its Swiss parent company. The stamp «Swiss made» is yet another ace in the hole. Says Lucas M. Jenni: «A growing number of customers are demanding quality products. That is very much in line with Hawa’s philos­ophy. Of course we stand to benefit from the Swissness factor. But our aim is first and ­foremost to confirm it through the quality and design of our sliding hardware systems.»

Hawa Americas Inc. in Dallas Hawa AG opened its US subsidiary in Dallas, Texas, in mid March 2010.

Seen in a happy mood at the showroom during the inauguration: Otto Haab (left), one of the founders of Hawa, and Keith Duckett (right), ­National Sales Director.

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Know-how

Product News

A good range is up-to-date

HAWA-Toplock

HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50

HAWA-Junior 40/80

Everything stays better

Matching cylinder lock

New distance profile

Now in packs of 10

The presentation of new products follows optimisation adjustments for a stable and balanced range of sliding hardware.

The new KESO short cylinder lock is the perfect match for the HAWA-Toplock. At 28 mm in length it is as long as the HAWAToplock is wide. The cylinder lock now fits flush with the cover caps. Its surface finishes also match those of the cover caps of the HAWA-Toplock for all-glass sliding doors:

As of October 2010 all sets for HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 have included an additional predrilled plastic distance profile.

The profile makes it possible to fit wood as well as glass installations whose inherent curvature resulting from the nature of the material and its processing methods could otherwise cause the upright to bend.

Selected components of the HAWA-Junior family that come in packs of 10 are particularly suitable for Hawa sales partners with storage capacity. You can still order any other quantity.

The following are available until end 2010 whilst stocks last: HAWA-21a Centrefold wall 45 HAWA-21j Centrefold wall 70 Repl.: HAWA-Centerfold 80/H As per normal until end 2010, then whilst stocks last until end 2011: HAWA-Cornertec 150/GV Repl.: HAWA-Variotec 150/GV HAWA-Silenta 150/GX Repl.: HAWA-Junior 160/GP HAWA-Ultra 6 Repl.: HAWA-Turnaway 15/X1 HAWA-10 Folding window Repl.: none As per normal until end 2011, then whilst stocks last until end 2012: HAWA-210 50-70/VF Repl.: HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF HAWA-Fiero 25/35 Repl.: HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 HAWA-Motronic Repl.: HAWA-Motronic 230/VAC

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– Dull chromium finish – Polished chromium finish – Polished brass finish – Stainless steel The short cylinder lock is based on the widespread KESO system 2000 that is marketed around the world by the specialist for locking systems.

The plastic distance profile simply screws onto the intermediate panel, allowing the upright to glide over it smoothly.

Prices for 2010 will stay the same despite the profile now included with each set. Profiles for sets ­delivered prior to the changeover can be ordered free of charge from Hawa sales partners.

For HAWA-Junior 40: – Two-wheeled trolley ­ (code 10420) – Two-way suspension plate ­(code 10488) – Track stop (code 10640) – Floor guide, rattle-proof ­(code 14427) – Screw-on door stop ­ (code 10629)

For HAWA-Junior 80: – Two-wheeled trolley ­(code 10407) – Two-way suspension plate ­(code 10489) – Track stop (code 21729) – Floor guide, rattle-proof ­(code 14427) – Screw-on door stop ­(code 10629)

Agenda

Personal

Architect@Work Dutch trade show for architecture, construction and interior design. www.architectatwork.nl

15. – 16.9.10

Ahoy Rotterdam Netherlands

Hawa

Stand 67

12. – 16.10.10

Messe Basel Switzerland

Hawa

Hall 1.1, Stand C27

1. – 3.12.10

Parc des expositions de Rennes/Airport France

Holz 2010 Traditionally the most important trade event for joiners, carpenters and representatives of Switzerland’s wood processors from retail, commerce and industry. www.holz.ch

ARTibat 2010 The 12th construction trade show for Western France will now be held in Rennes. www.artibat.com

«I am fascinated by the variety of my tasks at Hawa AG and the company’s international alignment.»

Hawa Hall 3, Stand B19

Bau 2011 The global trade show for materials and systems for architects, designers, construction engineers, general contractors, tradesmen and builders’ merchants. www.bau-muenchen.com

17. – 22.1.11

Neue Messe Munich Germany

Hawa

Hall C4, Stand 310

23. – 26.3.11

Messezentrum Salzburg Austria

BWS 2011 Trade show for production equipment, wood processing, ironware, tools, locks and fittings. www.bwsmesse.at

Legal notice Magazine for Architecture, Design, Retail, Trade SLIDE, No. 5, september 2010, is published twice per year Published by/copyright Hawa AG Sliding Hardware Systems, CH-8932 Mettmenstetten, slide@hawa.ch, subject to modification Project ­responsibility Rolf Arnold, Anke Deutschenbaur, Doris Hug Concept/ Editing/Design Basel West, CH-4012 Basel; Editor: Willi Näf; Design: Thomas Aerni; Lithography: Yvette ­Bolliger Printed by ea Druck + Verlag AG, CH-8840 Einsiedeln Languages/Circulation German 5,500, French 2,000, English 2,500 Picture credits Page 1: Werner H. Mueller/Corbis/Specter; Pages 2, 10 – 13: Frédéric Giger; Pages 3, 8, 9: Jerry McCrea/Corbis/Specter; Pages 3, 14: Ali Bekman; Pages 3, 23, 30: Marc Eggimann; Pages 3, 20 – 22, 24, 26, 27, 31: Axel Linge; Page 4: Mäddel Fuchs; Page 5: Marcel Studer; Page 6: Keystone/Olivier Maire; Page 7: Tonatiuh ­A mbrosetti; Page 15: EAA – EMRE AROLAT ARCHITECTS; Pages 16, 17: Iwan Baan; Pages 18, 19: Hannes Henz; Page 28: Halkin Photography LLC/Michael Schmidt Photography; Pages 28, 29: Jim Hendron; Page 29: istockphoto Article No. 22044

AWARD WINNER

Lucas M. Jenni is the new head of the Marketing and Sales department. As an Executive MBA (Zurich and New York) and Federally Certified Marketing Manager, the industrial management graduate is ideally equipped to further establish the strong Hawa brand on international markets. Jenni has already held executive positions with responsibility for international marketing, sales and management tasks in various industry sectors.

The 43-year-old from Baselbiet in Switzerland is married and father to a daughter. He appreciates ­different cultures both professionally and privately, for instance when touring through Europe in his motorhome. Hawa AG is very much a future-oriented company, says Jenni: ­«Our systems make it easier to utilise living space with greater flexibility.

And that will become ever more important.»

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Hawa sliding hardware: open for every demand.

Whether clear-cut designs for glass, highly polished ideas for wood or well-cast roles for metal: you can turn them into reality with Hawa sliding hardware systems. After all, our high-quality products have held open the doors to projects around the world for decades – with attractive design solutions and uncompromising Swiss quality. Visit us at www.hawa.ch for more information.

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