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toddmoreton
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 Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: glass as a structural element |
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| I’m writing my 3rd year architecture dissertation on how glass has changed from simply being used to let light into a building, into a structural element which can be used for beams and columns etc and what the future holds for glass from a structural point of view. Any information, examples of buildings or personal views would be much appreciated.
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viviano_v
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject: Glass as structural? |
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Well, I cant think of any buildings with glass a structural agent...
Surely I think you should include how glass has changed the aesthtics of buildings and the whole impact it had on the "international style" and contemporate architecture. As also the setbacks on how , it soemtimes it has been less used in favor for better electricty efficiency etc, and the the advances it went through asn duo vent, for that same pourposes..
but my question is... Glass as structural? are you talking about maybe using FIBER GLASS ? as astructure? I think some membranes have fiberglss compiste in them but surely are not structual, they work with tension... please explain or give some examples?
very interesting subject, by the way.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: Glass as structural? |
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| viviano_v wrote: | Well, I cant think of any buildings with glass a structural agent...
Surely I think you should include how glass has changed the aesthtics of buildings and the whole impact it had on the "international style" and contemporate architecture. As also the setbacks on how , it soemtimes it has been less used in favor for better electricty efficiency etc, and the the advances it went through asn duo vent, for that same pourposes..
but my question is... Glass as structural? are you talking about maybe using FIBER GLASS ? as astructure? I think some membranes have fiberglss compiste in them but surely are not structual, they work with tension... please explain or give some examples?
very interesting subject, by the way. |
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glass can be used as a structural material but for a dissertation i would start with transparency or something to bring relevance to it.
laminated glass can be structural, masonry units made of glass (glass block) are also structural. glass by nature works best in compression (with proportionate mass) but as a primary structure....i don't know about that one. let glass be glass...what would be its purpose, why do i need to use glass here? why not steel, etc.
i see the success of something like this coming about by finding a way to identify glass as a component of a structural assembly rather than a lone material.
design combinations of things.
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In 2003 (I believe) a two-story building was erected on the campus of a technical educational institution in Germany. Its superstructure is entirely supported by piers of laminated or stacked sheet glass.
This building was published in the international architectural press in 2004. Try "Architecture Review" (GB). . .
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fiREsALaMaNDeR
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:45 am Post subject: glass as structural |
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Hi..
You can look up the Tower Place project in London(if you haven't already), designed by Norman Foster. They've designed structural glass cylinders as an alternative to steel or concrete weight bearing elements.
In order to make the cylinders shatter-resistant and enable it to withstand high-compression loads, an outer glass shell is laminated around an inner-core glass pipe, and stabilized the building’s membrane-type stressed glass façade by using 4-meter-long, laminated, prestressed glass cylinders with internal steel wire ropes. [/img]
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tarekrfahmy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: glass as a structural element |
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Dear sir,
I have seen your note about using glass as structural element and i am really interested about this subject and am hoping that we can discuss it more further , and if you have any usfull information or data base about the same title , please share it with me.
Thanks and waiting to hear from you soon.
Prof. Tarek R. Fahmy
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