Composed of cement, cellulose, and mineral materials, fiber cement is excellent for wall cladding in a light, non-combustible, and rain-resistant way. It has different textures, colors, and tones. Its panels are easily manageable, perforable, and can configure ventilated facades when installed with a certain separation between the rear wall. Check out 5 notable projects that have cleverly used fiber cement as the primary material in facades.
1. Single Family House Hoffstad by Knut Hjeltnes
Located in wet and windy terrain, the architect took special care in choosing the exterior cladding of the house, covering its wooden structure with fiber cement panels that respond effectively to rainwater.
2. Lighthouse by Room11 Architects
The exterior image of this house mixes fiber cement panels with blocks of cement, gravel, and vegetation, highlighting the windows and wooden doors in the middle of the gray texture of its walls.
3. Villa GK by CORE Architects
The fiber cement panels have been used in this case as a shading strategy, ensuring the privacy of the rooms and delivering a characteristic image to the rest of the building.
4. GZ House by Studio Caceres Lazo
Fiber cement sheets were used to clad the whole of the steel structure that arises from the slab that shapes the house. An air chamber between this skin and the house’s inner envelope is placed to help with its thermal comfort. Because of its color, the cladding and concrete give the house a monolithic appearance, only subverted by the glass facade that faces the panorama.
5. Livsrum – Cancer Counseling Center by EFFEKT
This hospital in Denmark uses white fiber cement to unify the different units of the project, each with a specific function. In this way, the building delivers a clean image of the street at a social scale to its context and its users.
