Pre-treatment and utilization of recycled fine glass dust for 3D Concrete Printing

The first part of this thesis investigated different pre-treatment methods of the fine glass dust in order to increase the reactivity when it was used as a cement replacement in cementitious mixtures. The results showed that the optimal pre-treatment for the fine glass dust was a heat-treatment at 600∘C for 1 hour combined with a grinding...

bio-host glass: A recycled porous glass foam, developed for bioreceptive applications in the urban environment.

Dense urbanization increases the demand on the building sector who is responsible, on the one hand for producing large amounts of landfilled glass waste, and on the other for consuming the earth’s natural resources and release additional CO2 emissions, for the manufacture of new architectural glass. These unfavorable conditions together with the...

A structural concept for a demountable glass column: An explorative design study about interlocking, laminated glass components

The high compressive strength of the material glass in combination with its transparency, make it an attractive material to use for a column. Though different types and configurations of glass columns have been subject of academic research, a demountable glass column made from laminated components remains unexplored. This structural concept...

Glass connections

Thermal Breakage of Glass

Glass has become one of the most popular and complex building materials used today, because of virtually unlimited aesthetic options, combined with outstanding performance. The growing interest of contemporary architecture to use glass in large façade surfaces raises technical issues. In order to propose reliable engineering solutions in glass...

Structural cast glass; A research process of design and experiment towards a feasible geometry for a cast glass element

This research aims to contribute on the scientific and applicable research in Structural glass in the Built environment. Specifically the use of cast glass in a dry-assembled arched bridge application in which cast glass blocks are used to form the span of the structure. The research consists of three important phases. By following a project...

Glass Columns, exploring the potential of free standing glass columns assembled from stacked cast elements

Extensive research shows that not many examples exist regarding glass columns and the main reason is that safety is difficult to guarantee in a design. Recent technologies however have now created sufficient boundary conditions to provide this safety in a design. Two glass columns have therefore been designed to replace the concrete pillars...

Transparent Restoration

The aim of the research is to investigate the common ground between restoration practices and structural glass technology, as a new methodology to exploit our built heritage; a distinguishable, yet discreet restoration approach. Transparency is introduced by means of structural glass in an attempt to reinstate the image of the monument, allowing...

Structural Glass in High-Rise Buildings

Great developments in glass technology have promoted glass from a building skin material to a structural element οf single-storey buildings. The subject of this project is the integration of a glass structure into the main load bearing system of a high-rise building with the following configuration: • a concrete structure, 60 meters high • a...

Transparent restoration of historic buildings by structural glass components