{"id":117769,"date":"2019-07-22T13:13:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/?p=117769"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:20:10","slug":"how-ventilated-foundations-benefit-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/blog\/how-ventilated-foundations-benefit-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"How ventilated foundations benefit buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"Among our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/blog\/tag\/foundations-solutions\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">foundations solutions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/blog\/tag\/ventilated-foundations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ventilated foundations<\/a> are the most used and required by engineers and clients. They were used in various projects with additional benefits:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Protect a building and its inhabitants from damp and harmful gases, eliminating it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/insights\/ventilation-of-the-foundations-geoplast-no-radon-system-for-the-buildings-health-and-comfort\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018chimney\u2019 effect<\/a> from floors and walls,<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Prevent damages in ground floor construction caused by settling of both buildings and soil,<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Create crawl space for various uses,<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Reduced volume of concrete used and level of energy consumption in construction process,<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Provide easy installation due to their light weight and modularity, <\/li>\r\n\t<li>Save time and costs of the construction. <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\nHere are projects that illustrate possibilities of ventilated foundations the best:\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/morocco-mall-casablanca-morocco\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Morocco Mall, Casablanca<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/morocco-mall-casablanca-morocco\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dacaa36acca4f48b7fdda145f93b152f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dacaa36acca4f48b7fdda145f93b152f.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dacaa36acca4f48b7fdda145f93b152f-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dacaa36acca4f48b7fdda145f93b152f-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dacaa36acca4f48b7fdda145f93b152f-224x91.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/dacaa36acca4f48b7fdda145f93b152f-123x50.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMonolithic foundation of Morocco Mall were built with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/modulo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Modulo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/multimodulo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Multimodulo<\/a>, creating space for pipes and infrastructure conducts and appliances.\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/luigi-russolo-theatre-ventilated-foundations-portogruaro-italy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Teatro Luigi Russolo in Portogruaro<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/luigi-russolo-theatre-ventilated-foundations-portogruaro-italy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/119261b6c946e9e437bfe14790a41355.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/119261b6c946e9e437bfe14790a41355.png 980w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/119261b6c946e9e437bfe14790a41355-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/119261b6c946e9e437bfe14790a41355-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/119261b6c946e9e437bfe14790a41355-224x91.png 224w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/119261b6c946e9e437bfe14790a41355-123x50.png 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/multimodulo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Multimodulo<\/a> was used to create the slab of the foyer and sloped surface for seats of public. The crawl space under seats was used for ventilation of the large central theater space.\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/extension-of-refrigeration-warehouse-near-padua\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Extension of refrigeration warehouse near Padua<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/extension-of-refrigeration-warehouse-near-padua\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Teolo_Project_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Teolo_Project_1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Teolo_Project_1-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Teolo_Project_1-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Teolo_Project_1-224x91.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Teolo_Project_1-123x50.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nVentilated foundations and the elevated floor built with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/new-elevetor\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New Elevetor<\/a> are protected from ice spreading in soil and cracks it causes.\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/city-of-arts-and-sciences-foundation-ventilation-valencia-spain\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">City of Arts &#038; Sciences Foundation in Valencia<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/city-of-arts-and-sciences-foundation-ventilation-valencia-spain\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/f4bd8b475ccc93fbdcb3a6dea2a07c41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/f4bd8b475ccc93fbdcb3a6dea2a07c41.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/f4bd8b475ccc93fbdcb3a6dea2a07c41-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/f4bd8b475ccc93fbdcb3a6dea2a07c41-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/f4bd8b475ccc93fbdcb3a6dea2a07c41-224x91.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/f4bd8b475ccc93fbdcb3a6dea2a07c41-123x50.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMonolithic foundations were built with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/modulo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Modulo<\/a>, serving to ventilation and passage of infrastructure system elements.\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/modulo-project-the-link-house-in-centurion-south-africa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Link House in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/modulo-project-the-link-house-in-centurion-south-africa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/linkhouse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/linkhouse.png 980w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/linkhouse-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/linkhouse-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/linkhouse-224x91.png 224w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/linkhouse-123x50.png 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAs in other residential projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/modulo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Modulo<\/a> was welcomed in the project for Link House. The whole house was designed as highly sustainable, making no harm to nature. Ventilated foundations were foreseen to protect the inhabitants from toxic gases and to provide resistance to cracks when sinkholes occur in the ground.\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/botanical-garden-padua-italy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Botanical garden in Padua<\/a><\/h3>  \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/projects\/botanical-garden-padua-italy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8c9b781010954858a8f2cb0063afa441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8c9b781010954858a8f2cb0063afa441.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8c9b781010954858a8f2cb0063afa441-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8c9b781010954858a8f2cb0063afa441-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8c9b781010954858a8f2cb0063afa441-224x91.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8c9b781010954858a8f2cb0063afa441-123x50.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBesides ventilation, crawl space in foundations built with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/products\/foundations\/modulo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Modulo<\/a> provide better thermic insulation of the interior space. This is achieved by using the natural air flow, especially useful during summer. The air flow regulates the temperature and the moisture level, which is important for plants inside the building.  \r\n\r\n\r\nAs proved here, ventilated foundations are useful in any type or scale of the building. They protect the health of the inhabitants and users and consequently present the resource for various technological and functional improvements of the buildings.\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among our foundations solutions, ventilated foundations are the most used and required by engineers and clients. They were used in various projects with additional benefits: Protect a building and its inhabitants from damp and harmful gases, eliminating it with \u2018chimney\u2019 effect from floors and walls, Prevent damages in ground floor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":117894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340],"tags":[2387,386,180,56,419,2829,1652,1954,1258,143,2390,128],"class_list":["post-117769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","tag-casablanca","tag-foundation-solutions","tag-italy","tag-modulo","tag-multimodulo","tag-new-elevetor","tag-padua","tag-radon-intrusion-prevention","tag-refridgeration-buildings","tag-south-africa","tag-valencia","tag-ventilated-foundations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How ventilated foundations benefit buildings &#8211; Geoplast - sustainable construction solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/blog\/how-ventilated-foundations-benefit-buildings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How ventilated foundations benefit buildings &#8211; Geoplast - sustainable construction solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Among our foundations solutions, ventilated foundations are the most used and required by engineers and clients. 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