Industry & Infrastructure

Setting the direction. On a large scale.

Industry & Infrastructure

Form follows function in public spaces.

Planning and executing infrastructural buildings is a challenge. Projects such as railway stations, metro stations, tunnels or airports need to be multifunctional, attractive and blend in with the cityscape. Thousands of people come together every day in these areas. High-traffic areas demand non-slip, durable and low-maintenance building materials.

But they also need to have cleaning-friendly surfaces. This is where Hytect tiles reveal their advantages. The patented surface coating activates a natural process which cleans the air and neutralises nitric oxides and odours. Undesirable graffiti can be easily removed. Special products such as guide systems for the visually impaired provide orientation and permit barrier-free design.

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Three questions for NIO Architects

The versatile Dutch architect Maurice Nio has made a design for the Novoperedelkino metro station in Moscow. Like in almost all his work, color plays an...

Safety first

Anti-slip tiles provide grip and prevent accidents. Choosing the right rating group is crucial. We'll make you fit!

The air is clear

Hytect technology is permanently burned into the ceramic surface at high temperatures. When light falls on the coated tiles, active oxygen is released...

Projects

International projects of discerning quality

Eisengießerei Baumgarte

At Eisengießerei Baumgarte (iron foundry) established in Bielefeld at the beginning of the 1930s, the well-being of the employees has always played an important part. This becomes…

Zwolle Train Station

Antelope Canyon and the train station of Zwolle in The Netherlands may seem worlds apart. But for Jeroen Eulderink of Arcadis they aren’t.

Roundabout at Novartis Campus

Roundabouts offer numerous advantages: they improve the flow of traffic, reduce the omplexity of traffic hubs and are associated with a far lower risk of accident…

Station King's Cross

The answer to these terms supposedly put together at random is to be found in London: there, a building in a class of its own was realized by the spectacular modernization of the …

Slangenwand

Adapting colour to ceramic structures in a sensual and high-quality manner demands a high degree of intuition. To this aim, I was entrusted with the task of revising the…

Application technology

Proper planning and clean processing

Slip resistance

R10A, R12V4 or R13? Here you will find an overview of all commercial rooms and the respective prescribed rating group.

Cleaning

Easy cleaning is one of the decisive advantages of ceramics. For permanently beautiful tiles you will find our cleaning recommendations here.