More room to chill
July 1st 2007 French-based co-operative,
3A Group, specialises in
dairy products. Based
predominantly in South
West France, it consists of
14 production sites.
Due to the high logistical
costs of using off-site
storage at the 3A SAS
division in Toulouse, the
company decided to bring
storage facilities in-house
by installing an extension to
a cold storage facility.
In addition to a controlled
temperature of between 4
and 6°C, 3A SAS wanted a
cost-effective, speedy
solution which didn't require
a construction permit.
Spaciotempo proposed
a building made of two
layers, built onto a concrete
slab and with a high level of
foam and drip edge
compression sealing to
create an air-tight unit.
The external layer
consisted of an aluminium
framed structure covered
with single layer steel clad
wall panels and a PVC roof.
Inside this shell, a
hermetic internal chamber
was assembled, engineered
from insulated sandwich
panel side walls and a
suspended ceiling. As well
as eliminating any impact
from the sun's rays, the
external layer created an air
space, offering the
possibility of a ventilation
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