Designing with transparency: Case studies for alternatives to glazing

Designing with transparency: Case studies for alternatives to glazing

Antoniadi, K.
Tanuharja, M.K.

Architecture and The Built Environment

Architectural Engineering and Technology

2014-06-20

This "designers' manual" is made during the TIDO-course AR0533 Innovation & Sustainability. Transparency is an important parameter for many architectural buildings. The need for a large percentage of a transparent envelope often contradicts with other conditions (like thermal or acoustic insulation) that the building needs to fulfill. Transparent polymers are a strong candidate for changing glass as the only transparent material for curtain walls. For years, glass has satisfy designer’s demands to have transparent facade with low U-value, long life span and non flammable material. The main advantages of using polymers instead of glass are that they are less brittle than glass, less weight than glass, and the ultimate strength of polymers can be higher than glass. Four polymers will be discussed in this manual, to give designing directions for alternatives to glazing. The case studies that were chosen have a characteristic performance in one or more categories and therefore are interesting and are being analysed.

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(c) 2014 Antoniadi, K.
Tanuharja, M.K.