TORRE CALEIDO - Madrid, Spain

Description

Set transversely an elongated base building, the Torre Caleido rises 181 metres into the sky of Madrid. The fifth tower, the so-called "Quinta Torre", completes an impressive high-rise ensemble in the north of Castellana. Serrano-Suñer Arquitectura reduced the architectural form to flat, elongated cuboids and inserted an iconographic cubus in black into the existing ensemble.

The curtain wall façade represents the special technical and architectural top class of the COOL-LITE® XTREME family from SAINT-GOBAIN. The reduction to the finely balanced play with the black “colour” makes the Torre Caleido a real eye-catcher. No protrusions, curves or recesses interfere with the aesthetic effect of the glass façades. Only vertical pilaster strips were added to the main body - a stylistically minimal measure that effectively highlights the verticality of the high-rise building.

The selected COOL-LITE® XTREME 60/28 II glass is heat-strengthened and characterised by an high light transmission of 60%, and with a g-value of 28% it’s also the solution to the building-physics requirements to the occasionally extreme heat in Madrid. This good g-value ensures a high level of comfort in the interior, with a high level of light penetration at the same time. Compared to standard solar control glass, the heating of the interiors is reduced by up to 5°C. Reduced cooling loads and the elimination of external shading systems that are prone to repair effectively reduce operating costs.