At Priedemann any project starts with the determination of the planning basis, with the facts, requirements and possibilities – no matter when we start and always together with everyone involved in the project

• What is the design concept?
• Which local standards apply?
• Urban planning requirements?

We design different variants based on the strategic objectives, we identify their advantages and disadvantages and keep on developing the preferred solution.

• Sketches of concepts drawn by hand
• Taking into account different options for materials and the construction
• Inclusion of structural and thermal loads
• Dependencies in the building structure are taken into consideration

Priedemann develops the facade concept for planning ready for approval – taking into account all planning principles and requirements determined up to that point, e.g. the climate plan, building technology and building statics.

• Detailed hand-drawn sketches
• CAD-based layout plans and CAD-guided details
• 3-dimensional analysis of the shell of the building for complex facades
• Selection of the materials and type of facade
• Drafting of the facade plan on the basis of the building physics and acoustic specifications

For tendering and awarding contracts Priedemann defines and specifies the planned facades and details as well as the connections to adjacent components.

• Summary of technical requirements as well as client and user specifications for construction and materials as “Technical Preliminary Remarks”.

The facade is the “face” of a building,a surface and a medium, which the building uses to communicate with its surroundings. The arrangement of open and closed surfaces, the materials used – all this reveals something about the interior life of a building and how it relates to its surroundings.

However, the metaphor of the “medium” can also be translated directly onto the facade by turning it into a “media facade”. Depending on the sharpness of detail and type of message, as well as the viewing distance, the facade surfaces differ in the size and number of pixels required. One of these pixels may be the size of a light-emitting diode or take up an entire facade or window element, depending on whether graphic animations, lifelike images, video sequences or texts are to be shown.

Facades have to cleaned and maintained. What sounds trivial is a component of facade planning and maintenance, which ensures the long-term value of a project, so it should not be underestimated. Priedemann keeps operating costs low by making the logistics of maintenance and cleaning an integral part of the planning right from the start. This is not only about equipment for maintenance and cleaning, the type and design of the facade itself can make a decisive contribution. Facade solutions that do not take this into account during planning and construction make maintenance more expensive over the entire service life.

• Moving components: Facades today contain a large number of movable and electrical components. Individual components require regular maintenance. This needs to be taken into account right from the start.