Forge Island, Rotherham

The new urban waterfront at Forge Island Canalside in Rotherham used over 450m2+ of Ceramapanel in the Natural+ range, as well as colour matched rivets from the Vitrafix range, to create this dramatic transformation. The wall forms a vital part of the flood defence work to prevent the River Don from flooding the town of Rotherham.

The colour chosen for Forge Island was the 2021 Pebble which with the natural tones and finish, worked will with the Corten steel included within the landscaped garden architecture.

Vitrafix is a non-combustible carrier system range that incorporates a full range of fixings matched to Valcan’s range of panels to give a discrete installation method

Ceramapanel is a through coloured fibre cement panel which is available in A1 or A2 fire rating options. There is a total of 26 colours and 5 textured finishes split over the Natural and Natural+ ranges. For this project, the architect chose to use the Natural+ which comes finished with a anti-graffiti coating