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u Project Case Study Beach Volleyball Olympic , , Curvatura “ There was no other product like Curvatura ceiling system that could meet the architects requirement and their vision for the project.” Christostomos Ntouyias. Civil Engineer for Terna SA.

Project: Beach Volleyball , Athens, Greece

Architect: Thymio Papayannis & Associates

Contractor: Abdul Azim Weiss

Products: Curvatura 3-D ceiling system

USG have contributed as a valuable team member to the construction of several high profile venues at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, including the Weightlifting Center, the Beach Volleyball Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcasting Center. Located in Faliro Bay, Greece, the new Olympic Beach Volleyball Stadium is an impressive state-of-the-art facility outside of Athens featuring the CURVATURA™ 3-D Ceiling System. Chrisostomos Ntouyias, civil engineer for Terna SA. commented, “There was no other product like Curvatura ceiling system that could meet the architects’ requirement and their vision for the project.”

The USG team worked with Thymio Papayannis & Assoc. Architects, which chose the CURVATURA 3-D Ceiling System to capture their vision of curved shapes in the luxurious area in the bar and the lobby. Abdul Azim Weiss, the project’s contractor added, “Curvatura ceiling system is a unique product that expands the possibilities of each area and creates three-dimensional spaces beyond any structural limits.”

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Curvatura™ 3-D Ceiling System u Product and Project Details Curvatura

Curvatura™ 3-D Ceiling System: The Curvatura™ 3-D System gives you the freedom to create dramatic three-dimensional curved designs that 600 x 1800mm panels➚ combine shape, texture and lighting. The system's slide under stabilizer bars Optional perimeter trim

curved main tee segments, suspension profiles, ➚ corner cap

optional edge trim and flexible infill panels provide curved trim edge trim➚ ➚ ➚

endless possibilities to create beautiful and dramatic section integral➚ attachment clip vault

➚ straight trim section

designs. splice➚

➚ fascia clip stabilizer➚ bar stabilizer➚

System Characteristics: valley➚ bar 57mm

■ integral

One directional panels (galvanised steel) to create ➚ ➚ Curvatura™ hold➚ down tab Curvatura™ curved ➚ an almost invisible seam. main tee segment cross tee stabilizer bar ■ Pre-engineered system components to eliminate on site fabrication. ➚ panel seam with infill panel splice above ■ Collection of 16 curved vault, 16 curved valley and 4 straight main tee segments.

■ Patented QUICK-RELEASE™ clip design: easy to remove without tools (cross tees).

■ Range of perforated panels in any standard colour from the RAL or BS range.

■ Optional edge trim for tidy finish.

Curvatura™ detail

USG (UK) Ltd 1 Swan Road, South West Industrial Estate, Peterlee, Co. Durham. SR8 2HS

Sports Complex Sports Tel: +44 (0)191 586 1121 Fax: +44 (0)191 586 0097 www.usg.com/europe e-mail: [email protected]