COMMERCIAL CASE STUDY

Hogs Head Golf Club

Location: Waterville, Co. Kerry

This large ongoing project in Waterville, Co.Kerry contains a hotel, clubhouse and holiday cottages. The curtain walling system used is a bespoke system developed specifically for this project to give slender site lines with an external feature capping to provide texture to the facade. Framed and frameless automatic sliding door systems along with high-performance rebated aluminium doors provide access to the buildings while bedrooms are fitted with a large 3-sided lift and slide door system complete with integrated glass juliette balconies and in-frame discrete background ventilation. A solar control glass has been utilised throughout the project in order to add to the aesthetics of the building and also control solar gain.

Floor to ceiling frameless glazing has been installed to the bar and dining areas, supported by glass fins in order to give uninterrupted views of the surrounding landscape. The main entrance curtain walling has been designed using a composite mullion profile and is a ‘hybrid’ steel / aluminium system which was required in order to achieve the large spans and demanding loadings in the project. A hidden vent aluminium window system with integrated fly screens was used in the accommodation spaces of the holiday cottages to ensure an extremely slim sight line was achieved. Other elements of the building envelope that 2020 designed and installed on this project included an aluminium louvre system, automatic opening vents (AOV), and mullion drained curtain walling rooflight systems.