Architectural Creativity

Steel, stainless steel, Corten. The material offers a unique versatility that can be seen in a range of different materials. Each surface tells its own design story and combines form with function in harmonious elegance.

Stainless steel does not need to be pre-treated to protect it from corrosion. The alloy is naturally corrosion-resistant and creates a sophisticated appearance with its characteristic color and texture. Pre-rusted steel, known as Corten, is ideal for creating visual accents with an industrial look. The static properties of steel are retained.

Steel is the only material that offers architects and metal fabricators equivalent quality options when selecting materials and thus stands for unlimited design and creative freedom.

The most important facts in a nutshell:

• Freedom of design: Planning and designing with steel without restrictions on the choice of material.
• Material selection: Steel offers a wide range of options of equal quality.

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The elegance of continuity in steel. The steel frame and sash present a harmonious, seamless appearance, free of any disruptive miter cuts. The steel construction looks as if it has been cast in one piece. The resulting visual calm is pleasing to the eye. Whether at right angles or not, the appearance of the supporting structure always remains flat and elegant. 

The most important facts in a nutshell: 

• Harmonious and uninterrupted look, without miter cuts
• Seamless interplay between frame and sash 
• Aesthetics, continuity, and elegance

A different dimension. Steel allows architects and metal fabricators to design and build windows, doors, and facades in oversized dimensions that go beyond the usual standards and yet still appear light and delicate. The high modulus of elasticity of steel allows for slimmer profile geometries compared to other materials. This enables more aesthetically pleasing end products, even in oversized dimensions, without the need for additional reinforcements.

With oversized window, door, and facade elements, lights and views glide freely back and forth between the interior and exterior, visually dissolving the boundaries of a building. In their place is the staging of the environment and the bright, open interior. Architects and metal fabricators use different sizes, infills, and profile views to create creative effects and shape the character of a building.

The most important facts in a nutshell:

• Steel profiles enable door, window, and facade elements that are larger, slimmer, and more filigree than is possible with other materials
• The high modulus of elasticity of steel allows for slimmer profile geometries compared to other materials. Steel profiles can therefore withstand higher loads without additional reinforcement.

Freedom of form with steel. Steel is a material that overcomes the traditional limits of a right angle. It makes almost any angle possible. Steel therefore opens up space for architects to create visionary designs and offers metal fabricators opportunities for bold implementations. Since 2020, special shapes with unusual angles from Jansen have also been approved for CE marking for certain series.

The most important facts in a nutshell: 

• Almost any angular dimensions are possible. Not bound to right angles.
• Unlimited architectural possibilities that challenge the usual angular and dimensional conventions. 
• Opens up space for innovative and visionary architectural designs and implementations

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Malleable perfection. Steel is extremely malleable and retains its stability and elasticity like no other material. This makes it possible to bend steel profiles to almost any radius in Jansen's own workshops - from basket arches to round arches and segmental windows. Steel offers maximum creative scope for round and rounded door, window, and façade designs.

Since 2020, curved special shapes have also been approved by Jansen for CE marking for certain series and thus also guarantee maximum functionality in the areas of air permeability, driving rain tightness, resistance to wind load, and heat transfer coefficient.

The most important facts in a nutshell:

• Producer responsibility: Jansen guarantees precision in profile bending.
• Realization of various shapes such as basket and round arches.
• Jansen series meet the highest standards with CE marking.

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Interplay of strength and transparency. The stability of steel profiles, even in their slimmest form, makes it possible to accommodate heavy and expansive glass surfaces that go beyond what is possible with other materials. Architects can use steel profiles to create an ambience of lightness and openness, where interior and exterior merge almost seamlessly.

The most important facts in a nutshell:

• Slim steel profiles offer high load-bearing capacity.
• Design advantage: slim steel profiles widen the viewing angle.
• Transparency: Narrow face widths allow maximum daylight in
• Steel elements create an almost seamless connection between the interior and the outside world.

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The elegance of minimalism. Thanks to its high load-bearing capacity and unparalleled strength, steel allows the use of extremely delicate hinges. Even a massive fire door can be effortlessly supported by two discreet hinges, giving it an unexpected lightness. This combination of strength and elegance is a unique quality of steel that allows function and aesthetics to merge in perfect harmony.

The most important facts in a nutshell:

• The high load-bearing capacity of steel allows the use of extremely slender hinges.
• Discreet hinges combine elegance and function.
• Minimal fittings lend doors an unexpected lightness.

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