ARCHITECTURAL BROCHURE

WE UNDERSTAND

ARCHITECTURAL
INSPIRATIONAL
Inspiration is born of possibilities. With an unlimited palette of
colors and glosses, and the ability to craft practically any form, your
imagination is free to roam. Nothing could be more liberating for
an architect than knowing this: Just about anything you conceive is
possible to build.

That’s why we create ALPOLIC® materials. It’s why we partner with

architects around the world to deliver the finishes they envision
in architectural panels that are easy to fabricate into remarkable
forms. It’s why we’re passionate about supplying materials far more
versatile, stable and affordable than ordinary sheet metal, with
durability to keep your vision fresh for generations.

We love great architecture. Your inspiration is ours. Let’s build.

Port Canaveral Exploration Tower, Port Canaveral, FL, United States

ALPOLIC®/fr in Custom BNX White with Clear Coat Finish
Ryerson University Student Learning Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China
ALPOLIC®/fr in Custom Prismatic SEP Blue Finish ALPOLIC®/fr in Titanium Natural Metal Finish

Altara Shopping and Lifestyle Center, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

ALPOLIC®/fr in Custom AGP Prismatic Purple
GLOBAL
ARCHITECTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE USING ALPOLIC® MATERIALS TO CREATE
ENTRANCING NEW PERSPECTIVES AND POSSIBILITIES. AS A LEADING GLOBAL
PROVIDER OF FINISHED ALUMINUM COMPOSITE MATERIALS (ACM) AND NATURAL
METAL COMPOSITE MATERIALS (MCM), WE’RE PROUD TO OFFER THESE VISIONARY
DESIGNERS THE BEAUTY, VERSATILITY AND PERFORMANCE THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
TO TRANSFORM SKYLINES AND COMMUNITIES.

Ryerson University Student Learning Centre

It’s been described as a gemstone that’s fractured to expose its crystalline lattice. Glass walls give way to
soffits revealing this faceted structure in iridescent blue. Through the main entryway, the crystalline forms
continue in a domed ceiling above the lobby that serves as an amphitheater and gateway to the rest of
the Ryerson campus.

Folded in an origami-like fashion, ALPOLIC®/fr materials finished in a custom Prismatic SEP blue finish
made this three-dimensional, color-shifting effect possible when other materials proved too difficult and
expensive to fabricate.

National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China

“The giant egg,” as it’s often called, appears to float on the surface of the reflecting pool that completely
surrounds it. Situated near the Great Hall of the People and the Forbidden City, this futuristic building
offers an elegant counterpoint to these traditional icons of Chinese architecture.

Three theaters are enclosed by the world’s largest dome, a steel structure supporting a glass curtain that
modulates into the soft sheen of ALPOLIC®/fr MCM with a natural titanium skin.

Altara Shopping and Lifestyle Center, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

ALPOLIC®/fr ACM in a custom AGP Prismatic purple finish exhibits a chameleon-like effect as hues
constantly shift from sky blue through violet with changes in time, weather and viewing angle. The
captivating experience extends into the night as patterned perforations emanate light from multicolored LEDs.

Anchoring the first “smart city” in Honduras, the Altara Center invites imaginative exploration and shows
a new way forward in a country with a rich architectural history stretching back to the Maya civilization.
INFLUENTIAL
YOUR CHOICES IN BUILDING MATERIALS HAVE A DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE
BOLDNESS AND BREADTH OF YOUR DESIGN VISION. THE BUILDINGS YOU DESIGN,
IN TURN, INFLUENCE THE COMMUNITIES THEY GRACE AND THE LIVES OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THEM. ALPOLIC® MATERIALS OFFER ENDLESS FABRICATION
AND FINISH POSSIBILITIES, FREEING YOU TO DESIGN ARCHITECTURE THAT TRULY
MATTERS – FROM THE STATEMENT IT MAKES TO THE PURPOSE IT SERVES.

HEALTHCARE MILITARY COMMERCIAL

Bring state-of-the-art quality and a vibrant, Create the right environment for every Show a flair for business with designs and
affirming look to places where people facet of soldier life – places to train, work, colors that convey authority, yet welcome
bring their hopes of sustaining healthier, plan, eat, recreate, socialize, live and employees and customers to engage
happier lives. raise families. creatively with the enterprise.
• Hospitals • Offices • Corporate Offices
• Clinics • Housing • Laboratories
• Medical Offices • Commissaries • Production Facilities
• Assisted Living & Nursing Homes • Hospitals • Car Parks
• Rehabilitation Facilities • Broadcast Studios
COMMUNITY • Rental Warehouses
EDUCATION Bring people together in spaces that excite • Parking Garages
Challenge the mind with designs that inspire the senses and invite participation through • Shopping Centers
learning by creating the ideal ambience for the use of engaging forms and finishes.
INDUSTRIAL
everything from focused study, to shared • Libraries
• Auditoriums Reveal function in extraordinary forms
discovery, to team celebration.
• University Buildings • Museums that represent the fruits of industry in all its
• Schools • Community Centers dynamic and colorful variety.
• Cafeterias • Churches • Manufacturing
• Dorms • Sports Arenas • Research Centers
• Athletic Facilities • Golf Courses/Country Clubs • Power Plants
• Convention Centers • Warehousing & Distribution
GOVERNMENT
Service, justice, security, community: RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION

Engage the people with architecture that Create more than living spaces – create Bring joy to people in transit, enliving the

inspires civic pride, from legislative halls to places to truly live, where clean lines and journey and creating new destinations to

park plazas. colorful details invite residents home look forward to.
each day. • Airports
• Government Offices
• Luxury Apartments • Bus Stations
• Prisons
• Condominiums • Train Terminals
• Park Facilities
• Townhomes • Parking Structures
• Courthouses
• Single Family Dwellings • Subway Stations
• Fire & Police Stations
• Post Offices • Affordable Housing
Clockwise from top left: Pickering Town Center, Ontario, Canada, ALPOLIC®/PE in RVW White and TOB Black Solid Color Finish;
Winnie Palmer Hospital, Orlando, FL, United States, ALPOLIC®/fr in Custom MBX Bronze Metallic, Mica OPT Platinum Finish;
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, ALPOLIC®/fr in Custom Silver Mica Finish
IDEAL
ALPOLIC® materials are ideal for architectural projects because they’re lighter in weight, easier
to fabricate into complex forms, and easier to install than traditional materials. Yet they offer
superior flatness, durability, stability, vibration damping and ease of maintenance.

With a huge selection of finish types, colors and glosses – plus the ability to specify virtually
any custom color – there’s no limit to the architectural effects you can create. To achieve the
widest possible color and gloss range, with unmatched durability, we coil-coat our ACM
panels with the incredibly tough and stable Lumiflon® FEVE fluoropolymer resin, so your
concept stays fresh through decades of exposure to the elements. ALPOLIC® products and
finishes are backed by up to a 30-year warranty.

Product Properties
ALPOLIC® aluminum composite materials (ACM) are produced by continuously bonding two
thin sheets of aluminum on either side of an extruded thermoplastic or mineral-filled, fire-
retardant thermoplastic core. The aluminum surfaces have been pre-finished and coil-coated in
a variety of paint finishes before bonding.

We also offer metal composite materials (MCM) featuring skins of copper, zinc, stainless steel
or titanium bonded to the same cores and left unfinished. ALPOLIC® ACM and MCM both
offer the rigidity of heavy-gauge sheet metal in a lightweight composite material.

Ease of Fabrication
ALPOLIC® ACM can be fabricated with ordinary woodworking or metalworking tools, with
no special tools required. Cutting, grooving, punching, drilling, bending, rolling and many
other fabrication techniques can be easily performed to create a virtually unlimited variety of
complex forms and shapes.
 MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY
ALPOLIC® materials are offered in a variety of thicknesses: 2mm, 3mm, 4mm and 6mm

STANDARD WIDTHS
40" 48" ­­­­­­­­50" 62"

SEMI-STANDARD WIDTHS
Consult Customer Service

CUSTOM WIDTHS
Consult Customer Service

RANGE OF SIZES
Width: 40"– 62" (826mm – 1,575mm) Length: 6'– 24' (1,829mm – 7,315mm)

PRODUCT TOLERANCE
ALPOLIC® materials are trimmed and squared with cut edges to offer the best panel edge conditions in the industry.
Width: ± 0.08" (2mm) Length: ± 0.16" (4mm)

PRODUCT TOLERANCE
3mm ± 0.008" (0.2mm) 4mm ± 0.008" (0.2mm) 6mm ± 0.012" (0.3mm)

BOW MAXIMUM
0.5% of length and/or width

SQUARENESS MAXIMUM
0.2" (5mm)

Park Place Motors Porsche, TX, United States

ALPOLIC®/PE in BSX Silver Metallic Finish
FUNCTIONAL
ALPOLIC® MATERIALS ARE UNSURPASSED IN THEIR FUNCTIONAL ADAPTABILITY,
FREEING ARCHITECTS AND FABRICATORS TO COLLABORATE ON INNOVATIVE DESIGN
FORMS AND CLADDING SYSTEMS. IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, YOU’LL FIND
BUILDINGS THAT REVEAL STRIKING NEW POSSIBILITIES, ACHIEVED THROUGH THE
TEAMWORK OF VISIONARY ARCHITECTS AND SKILLED FABRICATORS WORKING WITH
VERSATILE ALPOLIC® MATERIALS.

RO U T A N D RE T U RN W E T S E A L

RA I N S C RE E N
RO UT & R E T UR N DRY GA SKE T S E A L

I NT E R I OR ROL L E D PI N E D GE
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ALPOLIC® is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.
Lumiflon™ is a registered trademark of Asahi Glass Company.

EFFECTUAL
Let us know how we can help you make your
design idea a reality. Get more information,
order finish samples and find a fabricator by
calling 1-800-422-7270 or visiting
alpolic-americas.com.

ALPOLIC®/fr in Natural Metal Finish

Caja Vital Kutxa, Vitoria, Spain

LITAP 1000 | REV. 3 | March 2017