Vitra House in Weil on the Rhine receives the “Sprinkler Protected” award

The Vitra House in Weil on the Rhine, situated on the campus of the world-renowned Vitra designer forge, will be awarded the stamp of quality “Sprinkler Protected” for excellent fire protection by a sprinkler system. “The stacked house”, a sensational object of the architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, fascinates both by the eccentric construction and the quality of the inner rooms. The spectacular object and its visitors are exemplarily protected by a suspending sprinkler system with aquatherm plastic sprinkler pipes installed in the ceiling.
Regarding fire protection, the world-famous Vitra designer forge has exemplarily equipped its latest showpiece on the Vitra campus. “The stacked house” is provided with 486 sprinklers. Fire protection thus stretches over all the building.

Since 1993, the bvfa – Bundesverband Technischer Brandschutz e.V. (federal association of technical fire protection) has awarded the stamp of quality “Sprinkler Protected” to buildings that guarantee the protection of human life by an extensive fire protection. In March 2010, the Vitra House, a sensational object of the architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, was released to the public. The building fascinates both by the eccentric construction and the quality of the inner rooms where Vitra presents the new Vitra collection of furnitures. Concept and function, material and processing are impressing here. Just these demands were set on fire protection, too. The spectacular object and its visitors are exemplarily protected by a suspending sprinkler system with aquatherm firestop plastic sprinkler pipes installed in the ceiling.

The bvfa has already paid tribute to more than 40 exposed objects with the “Sprinkler Protected” award, which among other things the Allianz Arena in Munich, the Reichstag or the O2 World in Berlin belong to. Objects that are proposed for the award have to fulfill strict criteria. The building has to be in a perfect condition regarding fire protection. The bvfa – Bundesverband Technischer Brandschutz e.V. annually confers the award to up to three chosen objects in Germany. For previous award-winners, please visit the website www.bvfa.de – Infothek/Sprinker Protected.

About bvfa:

The bvfa – Bundesverband Technischer Brandschutz e.V. is the decisive association for preventive and defensive, technical fire protection in Germany. The leading German suppliers of fixed and mobile fire protection technology and of fire protecting systems for buildings are represented in the association. The association that currently represents about 120 companies was founded in 1972 and is resident in Würzburg.