The three south facing main blocks of St Helens College have benefitted from   Louvresol’s vertical brise soleil units.

LouvreSol SP is helping St Helens College to be a ‘cool’ place to be. The campus in the town centre is undergoing some major changes currently to provide new and improved facilities for students.

Part of a £10 million scheme to extend and refurbish the existing buildings, a large part of the new development is now open to new and returning students for the new academic year. The new development also provides a sixth form centre, a new training restaurant ‘Colours’, an environmental technology centre and nursery unit.

LouvreSol SP provided vertical brise soleil units to three main blocks of the development which face South East onto Waterloo Street in the town centre. These three curtain wall glazed facades cover the first and second floors only, so the assemblies rely on an interface with the building in order to gain structural stability. This is an area LouvreSol excel in as it undertakes all structural calculations at an early part of the whole building design which often has significant cost saving benefits for the client.

As the brise soleil is hung some 450mm from the glazed facade, two horizontal brise soleil walkways complete with safety wires allows for easy cleaning and maintenance of the facade. The system is manufactured from the company’s Lunar range of aerofoil blades and is powder coated to match the colour of the main façade.

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