Interlocking cast glass components, Exploring a demountable dry-assembly structural glass system

This paper explores the potential of a novel, reversible all-glass system consisting of dryassembly, interlocking cast glass components. Owing to its interlocking geometry, the proposed system can attain the desired stiffness with the aid of minimal, if any, metal framing. The use of adhesives is circumvented in the system by employing a dry,...

The glass truss bridge

A Glass Truss Bridge has been constructed on the Green Village on the campus of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) by the Glass & Transparency Research group (faculties of Architecture and CiTG). The bridge has been fitted with as many glass components as was structurally feasible, showcasing the group’s research into the structural...

A Novel, Demountable Structural Glass System Out of Dry-Assembly, Interlocking Cast Glass Components

Cast glass components are a promising solution for engineering pure glass structures of high transparency and load-carrying capacity due to their large cross-sectional area and monolithic nature. Currently, the few realized structures employing cast glass components rely either on a steel substructure or on an adhesive of high bonding strength...

Tensioned glass façade

This master thesis was carried out in cooperation with VS-A, a façade engineering office based in Lille, Hong Kong and Seoul. It focuses on the development of an innovative all-glass façade system, which was imagined by Robert-Jan van Santen, founder and co-manager of VS-A. This technology is highly promising as it provides the possibility to...

A study about the structural and thermal performance of large glass masonry façade

There are already lot of glass structures, using big size elements that prove that glass is a strong material that can compete the other more conventional building materials. However, the use of solid cast glass bricks glued with a transparent UV cured adhesive is not common and it is first utilized in the façade of the Crystal House in...