Projects / 4/26/2024

Serbian projects across the board

Cultural centres, offices and resorts were completed with innovative technologies and eco-sustainable materials

Numerous projects in Serbia were recently completed with innovative and sustainable technologies by Mapei. Among them one finds the Green Heart business center in Belgrade, the Chinese Cultural Center, three hospitals built to address Covid-19 and the Fruške Terme resort.

Green Heart, Belgrade

Green Heart is a modern business center in the Novi Beograd district of the Serbian capital. Mapei Serbia took part in the construction of the last of the five buildings, and the one regarded as the most eye-catching, where ceramic wall coverings were installed using the KERABOND T + ISOLASTIC adhesive system after waterproofing the substrates with MAPELASTIC TURBO. Textile floorings in some of the areas were bonded with the adhesives ULTRABOND ECO FIX and ULTRABOND ECO TACK after treating the screeds with ECO PRIM T and then levelling them off with ULTRAPLAN ECO. Polished floors with a "Terrazzo alla Veneziana" effect in some areas were created with ULTRATOP SYSTEM, ultra-fast setting cementitious system. Flat roofs and and spacious curved terraces were waterproofed with solutions from the MAPEPLAN line supplied by Polyglass (Mapei Group).

Chinese Cultural Center Belgrade

This cultural centre extends over an area of 32,300 m² and was built in 2020 with the aim of strengthening cultural and economic relationships between Serbia and China. The centre was designed according to LEED certification criteria and, apart from offices, exhibition halls and libraries, it also has a hotel and a restaurant. White marble floor and wall coverings were installed in the large entrance hall and corridors with a specific system for stone materials, consisting of KERAFLEX MAXI S1 adhesive, ULTRACOLOR PLUS grout for joints and MAPESIL LM to seal expansion joints. In the bathrooms, on the other hand, ceramic tiles were bonded with ADESILEX P9 FIBER PLUS* after waterproofing the substrates with MAPELASTIC.

Covid Hospitals, Belgrade, Kruševac, Novi Sad

In the autumn of 2020, the Serbian government ordered three hospitals to be built to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, which today are still used for medical services. For the floors in the corridors and patient wards, the MAPEFLOOR SYSTEM 33 self-levelling epoxy system was chosen to create surfaces highly resistant to chemicals, impermeable to oil and aggressive substances and resistant to frequent washing. For the intensive care unit, where anti-static, conductive flooring had to be installed, the MAPEFLOOR SYSTEM AS self-levelling epoxy system was used. Ceramic tiles in the corridors and along the stairs were bonded with ADESILEX P9 EXPRESS adhesive, before grouting joints with ULTRACOLOR PLUS.

Fruške Terme resort, Vrdnik

This resort offers its guests eight thermal pools, over 400 rooms, conference halls and bars, a spa, and a restaurant. In two of the pools, ceramic mosaic tiles were installed using the ADESILEX P10 + ISOLASTIC adhesive system after levelling off the concrete substrates of the sides with PLANITOP FAST 330 mortar; screeds were formed at the bottom of the pools using TOPCEM hydraulic binder; the surfaces were then waterproofed with MAPELASTIC membrane reinforced with MAPENET 150 mesh. In the wellness area, various mosaic wall coverings were installed with ADESILEX P10 + ISOLASTIC and grouted with KERAPOXY DESIGN decorative epoxy mortar. The adhesive chosen to install the flooring in the corridors of the hotel and in the restaurant, bars and lobby was KERAFLEX EXTRA S1, the ideal product for bonding large format tiles.