The apartment building on Nitrianska Street in the Vlčince III housing estate in the Slovak regional city of Žilina is located in an area with excellent civic amenities. The building contains 23 apartments with very good layout solutions, commercial spaces, and a sufficient number of parking spaces. The building was completed in November last year, and its investor decided to apply the advantages of mineral thin-layer plaster with a wood structure, Ceresit Visage.
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| The Ceresit Visage plaster with wood texture achieved the desired motif by combining white mineral thin-layer plaster and surface impregnation paint in the shade of Irish Oak. |
In the residential building, three- and two-room apartments prevail (10 and 9 units), while the remaining four apartments are in the 4+1 layout. Each of the 23 apartments has basement spaces, a balcony, or a loggia. The top-floor apartments also feature large terraces. The investor for the residential building was PMF Invest, s.r.o. Bratislava, the supplier was I.N.V.E.S.T. a.s. from Oravská Jasenice, and the general designer was Ing. Arch. Michal Diviš from the Žilina studio Michal Diviš Architekti s.r.o. According to the studio's own words, their designs bridge creative imagination and rational logic with empathy for client needs. They are also characterized by inventive use of traditional materials and an emphasis on the artistic expression of architecture. This is fully confirmed by the façade of the residential building - plaster is a traditional material, but the wood design creates elegant details on the residential building and emphasizes the unique appearance of the structure.
The total area of the plasters amounted to 2500 m², of which 600 m² were plasters with wood texture Ceresit Visage, specifically products CT 720 and CT 721, while 1900 m² were ETICS plasters CT 16 and CT 174 with a grain size of 1.5 mm. For the Ceresit Visage plaster with wood texture, it was necessary, according to the recommendations of Henkel's technical advisors, to combine two products from the new Visage range to achieve the desired wood motif. The mineral thin-layer plaster for creating a wood texture for both interior and exterior use, Ceresit CT 720 Visage (which is produced in a natural white shade), created an authentic wood drawing by pressing a silicone matrix, and then the surface impregnation paint CT 721 was applied to this plaster. This paint is available in six color shades – two shades of pine, oak, teak, walnut, and wenge. In the case of the residential building in Žilina, the shade chosen was Irish Oak (oak). The new plaster is hydrophobized and is characterized by high vapor permeability and resistance to weather conditions, mold, algae, and fungi. The impregnation coating, due to its characteristic properties, represents a permanent and durable protection for mineral plasters and allows for increased resistance to pollution. The coating also displays high color shade stability.
The effective combination of wood and smooth façade plaster was achieved using Ceresit CT 174 plasters with a grain size of 1.5 mm, applied over the base coat Ceresit CT 16. This reduces the absorption of the substrate and, thanks to the mineral filler, ensures a roughened surface of the cured coating for good adhesion of subsequent layers and high abrasion resistance. The coating unifies the surface, has very good hiding capabilities, and prevents the formation of efflorescence and stains on pigmented plasters. The silicone-silicate plaster CT 174 is vapor-permeable and hydrophobic, resistant to weathering, pollution, and UV radiation, and thanks to the Bioprotect® protection, it is also resistant to mold, algae, and fungi.
Overview of the used Ceresit materials:
mineral thin-layer plaster Ceresit CT 720 Visage
impregnation coating Ceresit CT 721 Visage
base coat Ceresit CT 16
silicone-silicate plaster CT 174 with a grain size of 1.5 mm.
