Key projects | Closed Cavity Go to contents 50 K8 K8 is a mixed-use office development that The development features a 16-floor Furthermore, a section of the CCF aims to boost the city of Stavanger's urban tower which contains 15 000 m2 of space required a fire rating of EI120. Modular development. It will set new standards for offices, restaurants, exhibitions and façade systems do not meet this rating, conferences. Staticus is responsible for so the team worked hard to find an overall in the city in terms of sustainability – it is designing, building and installing the solution that meets this fire resistance targeting BREEAM NOR Excellent and façade for this tower. The façade design is a requirement. WELL Gold certification. Furthermore, it composition of slim vertical aluminium and will provide a creative work environment glass panels that offer increased daylight There were also specific requirements to over 600 workspaces. Importantly, the and restrictions related to the colour, for its occupants and users. façade is a closed cavity façade (CCF). installation and transportation of the Therefore, this project builds on our blinds. Through innovative thinking and experience with CCF that we gained when teamwork Staticus was able to find an successfully creating Northern Europe's first effective solution. ever CCF for the VIA VIKA building in Oslo. The K8 project has also been noteworthy However, the CCF for K8 posed some for Staticus because of innovations we specific and new challenges. The biggest have introduced to production design. K8 issue was finding a solution that works is the first project in which all information effectively while passing all of the planned for production was delivered via model- tests for this project. This included air based definition. This is a work in process, tightness (EN 12152) and water-tightness with some questions still being resolved. (EN 12154 and EN 12155) testing, as well as Despite the difficulties and a lot of time a special fogging test required for CCF. In spent on creating a completely new Staticus estimates to implement 2022, all of these tests were successfully workflow, we expect a great result that we the project in 2023. passed. can pass on to future projects. Image © Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects