MANAMA: Kooheji Development has signed an agreement with Schüco International, for its iconic high-rise residential development in Bahrain Bay.
Based in Bielefeld in Germany, Schüco develops and sells system solutions for façades, windows and doors.
It will supply the façade glass, sliding door technology, and aluminium structure for Onyx Bahrain Bay project.
The panoramic design of Schüco that will be used in Onyx Bahrain Bay is the first such installation in a high-rise residential project in Bahrain.
The optional level threshold guarantees a seamless transition from inside to outside.
Together with the concealed outer frame integrated in the building structure and the narrow profiles, the sliding system ensures an architectural design flooded with light which enhances transparency to the maximum.
To achieve the best of both architectural design and functionality without compromising on the residents’ experience, Kooheji Development considered six key factors while selecting the system:
(1) Wind Load Resistance: The high-performance system chosen could bear very high wind load resistance up to 3KN Pascal which is considered very high load for any sliding system.
(2) Water Penetration: Panorama Design Sliding System by Schüco passed all the water penetration at high levels tests with no compromise on the residents’ experience.
(3) Air whistles or noise: All the system features were tested to ensure high performance level with max level of noise control.
(4) Aesthetic: Schüco Panorama Design System delivers the maximum visibility of the outdoors with the minimalist distraction from the structure to the viewer.
(5) Customer door sliding flow experience: The Schüco system has the capacity to take up to 400kg with a very smooth customer experience in sliding the door.
(6) Highly Thermally Insulated System: A highly effective combination of aluminium and different types of plastic provides superb thermal insulation from Uw = 1.3W/m²K.
Keeping all these factors in consideration, the Schüco Panorama Design System was found to be the best international solution that has met all the pre-set parameters.
Commenting, Mohamed Al Kooheji, general manager of Kooheji Development said: “We are achieving elegant architectural design with the highest functionality standards while maintaining all our stakeholders’ interest in mind, from shareholders, owners to residents experience. The new Panorama Design System by Schüco International is a smart solution that achieved functionality and aesthetic with the best ever customer experience.”
Kooheji Contractors chief contracting officer Abdulrahim AbdulHameed Al Kooheji and Ahmed Omar Manufacturing’s Raed Ahmed Omar checking the glass installation mock-up
“With Onyx Bahrain Bay, our great strength as a leading construction and development firm is to focus on latest technology trends and investment in Innovation. With our continued efforts to collaborate and provide innovative products, we would like to maintain that key strength in our legacy to continually enhance world-class customer experience. Schüco has been selected to be the best partner that provides exceptionally customer experience in façade system technology” added Mr Al Kooheji.
Commenting on behalf of Schüco, managing director Ammar H. Alul said: “We at Schüco – globally and in the Middle East – take great pride in our partnership with Kooheji Development. Our relationship spans many years and includes several projects completed with our partner in Bahrain, Ahmed Omer Manufacturing (AOM). This relationship is strong due to the common principles shared by Kooheji Group, AOM, and Schüco, namely ethics, quality, professionalism, and customer satisfaction. We look forward to many more years, and decades, of success together.
&uuid=(email))