Glass Folded Plates: A deployable roof system

This graduation project is exploring the potential of combing the kinematic and structural properties of foldable structures, and apply this in the development of a structural glass deployable roof system.

Transparent form-active system with structural glass

Free-form transparent wide-span spatial structures which have being constructed so far, are based on the concept of three sets of components, the structural components, usually steel elements to ensure both compressive and tensional capacity; the glass cladding elements for expressing transparency; and thirdly an in between set for connecting...

A completely transparent, adhesively bonded soda-lime glass block masonry system

A pioneering, all transparent, self-supporting glass block facade is presented in this paper. Previously realized examples utilize embedded metal components in order to obtain the desired structural performance despite the fact that these elements greatly affect the facade’s overall transparency level. Undeniably, the oxymoron ‘transparency and...