Treatment of exterior facades: CAP Arreghini solutions for construction and Architecture
In the realm of architecture and design, exterior surfaces, especially building facades, present both a fascinating and complex challenge. Exposure to extreme weather conditions and the necessity to balance aesthetics with long-lasting performance demand cutting-edge solutions that meet these needs without compromise. CAP Arreghini, a leading company in the treatment of interior and exterior surfaces, offers architects a wide range of paint solutions and tailored products to the exteriors of historic and modern buildings, formulated to overcome these challenges.
Innovation and Quality: the wide range of CAP Arreghini’s exterior solutions
CAP Arreghini has always emphasised innovation and quality in its product solutions, offering treatments for exterior surfaces and horizontal and vertical elements capable of withstanding the most severe weather conditions. Thanks to the use of innovative technologies, CAP Arreghini materials ensure durability and high performance, preserving the aesthetics of the designed spaces.
The breadth and depth of CAP Arreghini’s offering particularly stand out for facade works, where products must adapt to different environmental conditions while maintaining high quality and performance standards.
Siloxane and Acrylic-siloxane systems for renovation
CAP Arreghini’s siloxane and acrylic-siloxane systems represent an excellent solution for restoration, offering superior protection against atmospheric agents. This category of products is particularly suitable for prestigious historical contexts, where colour plays a fundamental role in architecture and restoration. Their advanced formulation ensures long-lasting protection of facades, preserving the aesthetic and historical value of buildings.
The protection of external render
Building facades are naturally exposed to the effects of weather conditions, sunlight, humidity, and air pollution, factors that are the main cause of deterioration and the loss of colour of external render. For these reasons, it is important to protect facades through adequate and regular maintenance to ensure the integrity of the surface layer, contributing to the reduction of energy consumption and the indoor environmental health, thus improving the living comfort.
The evaluation element to keep under control for effective and lasting protection of structures is the reaction to moisture of coatings and building materials. First, it is important to identify the different causes leading to moisture formation and verify their degree of harmfulness. The presence of moisture in masonry is not a threat if it is present in small quantities. High quantities, on the other hand, are highly damaging as they carry air pollutants from the atmosphere or the ground and dissolve salts contained in the constituent materials of masonry, causing the impoverishment of building materials and the degradation of the render.
The role of Colour in Architecture
The colour of the facade plays a fundamental role in defining the style and atmosphere of the building. Being the first visible element, it contributes to creating harmony with the surrounding landscape, maintaining the original character of the building. CAP Arreghini offers a wide selection of exterior colours, available in the colour palettes AREA 115, SPAZIO 100, TUCANO, and the innovative HABITAT 360. These colour options allow for refined and effective chromatic combinations suitable for any architectural style.
In historic city centres, colour has significant social and cultural value. Therefore, in selecting colours for facades, it is crucial to respect the constraints imposed by building regulations to ensure chromatic coherence between the building and the surrounding context. When traces of original colours are identifiable and recognizable, they should be reintroduced during repainting. Otherwise, the usable colours are usually specified in the Color Plan.
For homes located outside historic city centres or in isolated areas, there are usually no specific constraints to adhere to. However, it is essential for colour choices to be harmonious and perfectly integrated with the surrounding environment. In these contexts, colours inspired by nature, both warm and cool tones, are particularly suitable.
In coastal areas, houses and buildings should be enhanced with colours that blend with the surrounding environment. The ideal colour palette includes various shades of blue and colours evoking sand, accompanied by white, typical of Mediterranean architecture, which adds brightness and elegance to the structure.
Paints and Siloxane and Acrylic-siloxane solutions
Siloxane and acrylic-siloxane paints perform a triple action of water repellency, impermeability, and breathability, ensuring that the masonry remains intact and dry, even in aggressive weather conditions. Their microporous structure allows moisture to escape, avoiding swelling and detachment of the render.
CAP Arreghini’s siloxane and acrylic-siloxane paints offer optimal results for any type of work and represent the ideal solution for significant interventions on new construction buildings or those undergoing renovation. They provide a barrier resistant to water and vapour-permeable, ensuring excellent durability and stability of facades over time. Proper surface preparation is essential to achieve maximum performance and ensure the longevity of the intervention.
The revolution of nanotechnological products: CAPNANOTECH
CAP Arreghini’s continuous innovation finds expression in CAPNANOTECH nanotechnological products, a range of innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of life, both indoors and outdoors, including thermal insulation solutions, anti-mold solutions, and self-cleaning and photocatalytic paints.
This offer, as a whole, represents the future of external cladding, proposing not only protection and beauty but also energy efficiency and self-cleaning properties. Solutions that allow designers to achieve a distinctive result in terms of sustainability and healthiness.
Thermal insulation and photocatalytic paints represent two categories of advanced coatings that offer a series of significant advantages for buildings and the surrounding environment.
Thermal insulation paints
CAP Arreghini’s thermal insulation paints are designed to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. These coatings contain insulating particles that reduce heat transmission through external walls, helping to maintain a more stable temperature indoors.
In summer, thermal insulation paints reflect a significant portion of solar radiation, reducing internal overheating and therefore the need to use cooling systems such as air conditioning.
Conversely, in winter, these paints act as a thermal barrier, retaining heat inside the building and reducing the need for heating. This not only results in considerable energy savings but also a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and the associated costs of building energy consumption.
Photocatalytic paints
CAP Arreghini’s photocatalytic paints, on the other hand, exploit technology that, thanks to sunlight, activates a process of decomposition of atmospheric pollutants. These coatings contain a catalyst, usually titanium oxide, which, when exposed to sunlight, reacts with atmospheric moisture to convert pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, into harmless compounds like water and carbon dioxide.
This process helps improve the quality of outdoor air, reducing the level of atmospheric pollution and creating a healthier environment for people living and working near buildings treated with these paints. Additionally, the self-cleaning properties of photocatalytic paints reduce the need for surface maintenance, as they help keep the external walls of the building clean over time.
In conclusion, both thermal insulation and photocatalytic paints offer a series of important advantages in terms of energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and human well-being. These innovative solutions represent a significant step forward in the field of external building claddings, offering an opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of buildings and improve the quality of life in surrounding communities.
Sustainability and technical support: CAP Arreghini’s commitment
Sustainability is at the core of CAP Arreghini’s offer, as evidenced by the numerous certifications obtained.
In addition to the quality of solutions and products, CAP Arreghini is committed to providing comprehensive support to architects, offering specialised technical assistance to ensure the best application of chosen solutions. This approach underscores CAP Arreghini’s vision as the “ideal partner of architecture,” committed to supporting professionals in creating durable, beautiful, and functional outdoor spaces.
For these reasons, CAP Arreghini’s offer for external surfaces is characterised by a unique mix of innovation, resistance, and aesthetics.
Architects who choose CAP Arreghini can rely on a complete range of solutions and products to enhance the external surfaces of buildings, create modern facades, and ensure the perfect preservation of historical ones. The proposed solutions ensure the maintenance of technical performance over time, resisting even the most adverse weather events, while respecting the environment and people.
