NURSERY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS

Schools are the place where children and adolescents must spend most of their time and it is therefore the place where their health must be primarily protected. Schools must be safe, both on an environmental and on a house living plan.
That’s why, buildings for education activities must be carried out using bio house building techniques, a sector in which La Foca is extremely experienced.

Since 1990 La Foca has operated in the domain of public building and, thanks to its 40 year experience working in the private sector, today this company is able to create particularly complex architectural solutions with high professional standards and good levels of competence.

ADVANTAGES

  • Quick timing execution: in a very short time –such as the summer break period, kids will be built a brand new school facility
  • Guaranteed energy saving
  • Earthquake-proof structure
  • Insulation from electromagnetic pollution
  • Use of anallergic materials

TECHNOLOGY

La Foca uses the sandwich frame system, allowing different exterior finishing types: from exposed brick to plastering coat and wood. Insulation, inside the frames, is created thanks to different materials: glass wool, mineral wool, wood wool, etc.
The building supporting structure is made of wood. La Foca is able to develop very reliable production processes and construction techniques so to allow the building of high capacity structures, with multiple floors and mansarded roofs.
The Platform Frame system can comply with any modular design and techniques in the wood made architectural building, exploiting a frame structure with high stability, earthquake proof and high heat seal features.
Every design by La Foca is carried out and tested by the Mitek 20/20 programme, whose filter of validation is in line with the in force Eurocode 5 standards.
The structures of the buildings by La Foca are therefore always adjusted and updated thanks to the combination between Italian standards and yet to be validated European Union directives.


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CERTIFICATES

La Foca uses only certified materials and can issue the following certificates:

  • Wood made structures according to Eurocode 5 (UNI ENV 1995 - 1 - 1)
  • Fire proof structural design (UNI ENV 1995 - 1 - 2)
  • Wood structure buildings for seismic areas according to Eurocode 8 (UNI ENV 1998 - 1 - 1 / UNI ENV 1998 - 1 - 2 / UNI ENV 1998 - 1 - 3)