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Between trend and classic – high-quality surfaces for modern bathrooms

As architects and planners, you are faced with the task of choosing surfaces for modern bathrooms and sanitary areas that fulfil both aesthetic and functional requirements. The combination of innovative designs and proven durability plays a decisive role here. In this article, you will learn how different surfaces are optimal for different areas of use.

The importance of choosing the right surface in modern sanitary areas

In modern bathrooms and sanitary areas, different requirements come together that go beyond the purely aesthetic. While the visual and tactile experience often take centre stage in private projects, in public and semi-public areas such as hotels, hospitals or care facilities, the focus is on functionality and durability. Surfaces must be able to withstand daily use, be easy to clean and meet the highest standards of hygiene. The challenge is to find solutions that are visually appealing as well as durable and easy to maintain. Which surfaces best fulfil these requirements depends to a great extent on the specific conditions to which they are exposed. Thanks to the wide variety of surfaces, HEWI offers the right solution for every property.

Polyamide – versatility meets function

Polyamide combines robustness with enormous design freedom, making it the ideal choice for modern bathrooms and sanitary areas. Thanks to its exceptional durability, the material remains resistant even with intensive use and retains its high quality for many years. This durability, combined with its easy-care, hygienic surface, makes polyamide particularly suitable for heavily used public and semi-public spaces. The wide colour range of HEWI polyamide products provides you as an architect with the opportunity to develop unique room concepts that leave nothing to be desired. Be it harmoniously coordinated with the overall concept or used as targeted accents, polyamide offers a variety of colours to meet individual design requirements. The iconic 477/801 range made of polyamide is available in the familiar HEWI colours and helps you to design rooms that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. 

Stainless steel – robustness and hygiene together

Stainless steel offers a combination of timeless design and outstanding functionality, making it an ideal material for high-traffic public areas. Its non-porous surface is especially hygienic and minimises the accumulation of dirt or micro-organisms. With minimal maintenance, stainless steel remains beautiful in the long term and is scratch-resistant. In public spaces in particular, stainless steel also offers protection against vandalism and misuse, while its sturdy construction ensures safe use for all users. These characteristics can also be found in the 805 Classic range, which offers an aesthetic and functional solution for sophisticated room concepts with its classic round tubular design. 

POWDER COATING – AESTHETICS MEETS DURABILITY

Surfaces with powder coating offer an impressive combination of design flexibility and functional benefits. With colours such as deep matt white, dark grey pearl mica and black, HEWI opens up countless design options for modern bathrooms and public sanitary areas with the System 900. But powder coating offers more than just outstanding optics: it also ensures maximum corrosion protection and increases the longevity of the products even in demanding environments. A powder coating not only gives surfaces a unique feel, but also makes them resistant to external influences and daily wear and tear. 

Moreover, Choose Your Own Colour from HEWI, with over 4,500 colour options, enables individual adaptation to any room concept, allowing expressive statements and unique colour concepts to be created with powder coatings. This means that sanitary solutions can be perfectly harmonised with the respective surroundings. Thanks to the wide range of colours, architects and planners can respond to current colour trends and incorporate them into their projects to create modern, trend-conscious interior designs.

In terms of “healing architecture”, bathrooms in healthcare buildings such as hospitals and retirement homes can be designed aesthetically to promote patients’ recovery. The possibility of individualisation offers companies in office and commercial buildings as well as hotels the option of implementing the corporate design down to the smallest detail. 

PVD coating – luxury meets durability

PVD coatings are synonymous with elegance and maximum durability. These surfaces not only give products a luxurious, metallic lustre, but also offer outstanding properties such as corrosion and scratch resistance. This makes products with PVD coatings ideal for demanding and high-traffic areas where both aesthetics and durability are required. Thanks to their elegant appearance and robustness, PVD coatings fit seamlessly into high-quality design concepts and at the same time set accents in the room. Selected products from the S 900, S 900 Q and S 162 ranges and systems are available in this variant in four standard and eight special colours, allowing great flexibility in the design of modern bathrooms and sanitary areas.

CHROME – BRILLIANCE AND DURABILITY IN PERFECT HARMONY

Chrome surfaces combine an elegant lustre with high functionality. The stainless steel base gives the chrome-coated products outstanding corrosion resistance and makes them extremely robust against external influences. Thanks to the smooth, high-gloss surface, the products are not only easy to clean, but also offer optimum hygiene properties – a significant advantage in heavily frequented sanitary areas. The chrome-plated products from System 900 are also characterised by their particular resistance to cleaning agents, which further increases their durability. Chrome has long been a classic in the bathroom and radiates a timeless elegance. System 162 is available in a high-quality chrome version and offers stylish, durable solutions for modern room concepts. 

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ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACES – EFFECTIVE PROTECTION FOR MORE HYGIENE

Hygiene is essential in modern sanitary areas, be it in hospitals, care homes or public buildings. Awareness of infection prevention is also growing in the private sector. HEWI offers an innovative solution with its antimicrobial active+ products, which are coated with microsilver. This releases silver ions that effectively inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi. Within 24 hours, germs on the surface are reduced by up to 99.9 %, which significantly reduces the risk of infection. As a result, antimicrobial surfaces offer a reliable and hygienic solution for high-traffic areas where health protection is paramount.

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