Our own "SENTAL" architectural façade style

The Sental Architectural Façade Style is a comprehensive work of architecture and design comprising an original combination of massing, material-texture and colour solutions that define a unique visual language for low-rise residential and public buildings, adaptable to different climate conditions.

Description of the intellectual property object

The object of deposit is an original development — the Sental façade architectural style, a creatively independent combination of architectural, material-texture and colour solutions forming a single recognisable visual code, adaptable to different climate zones.

2. A unique combination of protected elements

The style is defined by the mandatory, simultaneous presence of the following features:

A) Material-texture code (primary façade material)

• Primary material: natural stone (limestone, dolomite, sandstone) or architectural panels imitating the texture of smooth natural stone (porcelain stoneware, composite panels such as Phomi Soft Porcelain, fibre-cement panels with a stone texture).
• Stone colour palette: light, warm tones, including beige, cream, light grey, yellow, pale yellow and white.
• Dominance rule: these materials must make up at least 50% of the total hard façade area (excluding the glazed area).

B) Decorative-structural code of vertical fins

• Element: vertical decorative fins serving both a decorative and a structural function (filling wall piers, framing windows, lining canopy soffits, screening technical zones).
• Materials and texture: natural wood (painted or with its natural texture preserved), WPC (wood-polymer composite) with a natural-wood texture, aluminium composite, HPL panels and other composite materials.
• Dark and neutral palette (for temperate and cold climates): anthracite, black, dark brown, dark grey, graphite.
• Light and warm palette (for hot climates and the European market): white, beige, light brown, cream, light grey.
• Principle of climate and regional adaptation: in projects built in hot-climate regions (the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan), light-toned fins (white, beige) are preferred to reduce heat absorption. For the European market, light-brown and beige tones with a pronounced natural-wood texture are permitted.

C) Windows and glazed structures

• Format: large panoramic windows, curtain-wall glazing, French windows.
• Frame colour: both dark (anthracite, black, dark brown, graphite) and light tones are allowed, matching the overall colour concept of the façade.

D) Roof

• Type and configuration: any roof type is allowed — flat or pitched (single-pitch, gable, hip, multi-gable, pyramidal and other configurations).
• Material: the roofing material has no bearing on whether a building belongs to the "SENTAL" style and may be any material (metal tile, standing-seam roofing, flat membrane roofing, natural tile, composite tile, slate, copper, etc.).
• Colour and aesthetic integration: the colour and texture of the roof are not strictly regulated and are chosen on the principle of harmonious integration into the building's overall style. The roof should visually complement the façade's architectural image without disrupting the integrity of the "SENTAL" composition.
• Adaptability principle: the roof's configuration, material and colour may vary depending on the climate zone, regional architectural traditions, the building's function and the client's individual preferences, provided overall stylistic harmony with the façade is preserved.

E) Plinth

• May be executed in any material, provided it preserves overall colour and textural harmony with the façade.

3. The style's climate-adaptation principle

The "SENTAL" style is climate-adaptive, which means:

For temperate and cold climates (Russia, Northern Europe)

• Stone texture: light tones (beige, cream, light grey, yellow).
• Fins: dark and neutral tones (anthracite, black, graphite, dark grey).
• Windows: dark frames (anthracite, black, graphite).
• Roof: any type and configuration, harmoniously integrated into the building's overall style.

For hot climates and the European market (the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan, Southern Europe)

• Stone texture: light, warm tones (white, beige, cream, pale yellow).
• Fins: light tones (white, beige, light brown) with a natural-wood texture.
• Windows: light or dark frames (both are allowed).
• Roof: any type and configuration, harmoniously integrated into the building's overall style.

Both variants constitute the full "SENTAL" style and are protected as a single concept.

5. Protected elements of the concept

The object of protection is not a single material or technique on its own — stone, fins or windows alone are not protected — but the original, creatively independent combination of the following features.

5.1. The protected combination (the core of the style — the "SENTAL Triad")

All three elements must be present on the façade simultaneously:

1. 1. Stone texture (natural stone or a high-quality imitation, in light, yellow or white tones) as the primary material — at least 50% of the hard façade area.
2. 2. Vertical fins (dark/graphite or light/beige tones with a wood texture, depending on the climate zone) as a rhythmic decorative-structural element.
3. 3. Panoramic glazing (in dark/graphite or light profiles).

Note: the absence or replacement of any of the three elements takes a building outside the "SENTAL" style.

5.2. Protected derivative elements

• The principle of climate- and region-based adaptation of the colour palette.
• The rhythmic division of the façade by vertical fins with a variable pitch.
• The principle of harmoniously integrating the roof into the building's overall style (the roof as an adaptive element that complements, rather than defines, the style).
• The principle of "light transparency" — substantial glazing as a defining feature of the style (at least 30% of the façade area).

7. Appendices (deposited materials)

• 7.1. Graphic materials (visual references of the style).
• 7.2. Text documents: a statement with a detailed description of the style.

8. Purpose of the deposit

1. 1. Establishing priority. Fixing the creation date of the "SENTAL" architectural design code.
2. 2. Preventing copying. Protecting the exclusive rights to a unique combination of architectural solutions.
3. 3. Commercial protection. Building a legal basis for licensing the style and including its value in the company's intangible assets.
4. 4. An evidence base. Building irrefutable proof of authorship for litigation.
5. 5. International protection. Securing protection of the style in the countries party to the Berne Convention, including adaptation across different climate zones.

Deposited with RCIS

Certificate No. 1096-065-842

The Sental Architectural Façade Style design code is registered with the All-Russian Public-State Organisation "Russian Copyright Society" (RCIS).