%0 Conference Paper %1 blandini_laminating_2007 %A Blandini, Lucio %A Feirabend, Steffen %A Sobek, Werner %B Shell and Spatial Structures: Structural Architecture - Towards the Future Looking to the Past, IASS Symposium, December 3-6, 2007, Venice, Italy %C Venice %D 2007 %I University IUAV of Venice %K actuators, adaptivity design lightweight minimization, optimization, principles, sobek structures, topology truss weight %T Laminating, reinforcing and gluing: promising new technologies in glass architecture %X The expressive potential of glass in architecture is far from being realized to its full potential. A better use of the structural properties of glass, counteracting the characteristic brittleness of this material, will allow for more dematerialized glass skins and structures in the future. Laminating and reinforcing are nowadays the most promising technologies to improve the structural performance of glass panes. These can be assembled by means of adhesive joints, in order to optimise the load transfer between the panes and to avoid the visual dominance of the joint over the glass itself. In order to investigate the potential of such technologies, extensive tests on the mechanical properties of laminated, reinforced, and glued glass have been carried out since 1995 at the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), University of Stuttgart. A prototype glass shell spanning 8.5 m, comprised of 1-cm-thin glued laminated glass panes, was designed and built at ILEK. The dome clearly demonstrates the huge potential of laminated glass panes combined with an innovative joining technology. However, the prototype constitutes only one of many possible applications of the technologies investigated by the authors. If affectively used by architects and engineers, these technologies will radically change the future of glass architecture.

@inproceedings{blandini_laminating_2007, abstract = {The expressive potential of glass in architecture is far from being realized to its full potential. A better use of the structural properties of glass, counteracting the characteristic brittleness of this material, will allow for more dematerialized glass skins and structures in the future. Laminating and reinforcing are nowadays the most promising technologies to improve the structural performance of glass panes. These can be assembled by means of adhesive joints, in order to optimise the load transfer between the panes and to avoid the visual dominance of the joint over the glass itself. In order to investigate the potential of such technologies, extensive tests on the mechanical properties of laminated, reinforced, and glued glass have been carried out since 1995 at the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), University of Stuttgart. A prototype glass shell spanning 8.5 m, comprised of 1-cm-thin glued laminated glass panes, was designed and built at ILEK. The dome clearly demonstrates the huge potential of laminated glass panes combined with an innovative joining technology. However, the prototype constitutes only one of many possible applications of the technologies investigated by the authors. If affectively used by architects and engineers, these technologies will radically change the future of glass architecture.}, added-at = {2023-11-27T15:10:57.000+0100}, address = {Venice}, author = {Blandini, Lucio and Feirabend, Steffen and Sobek, Werner}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/26b90cc228b4c10012bfc18541f5238b3/jmueller}, booktitle = {Shell and {Spatial} {Structures}: {Structural} {Architecture} - {Towards} the {Future} {Looking} to the {Past}, {IASS} {Symposium}, {December} 3-6, 2007, {Venice}, {Italy}}, interhash = {dacbbd8daf2de61e6265c315d24aa389}, intrahash = {6b90cc228b4c10012bfc18541f5238b3}, keywords = {actuators, adaptivity design lightweight minimization, optimization, principles, sobek structures, topology truss weight}, publisher = {University IUAV of Venice}, timestamp = {2023-11-27T15:10:57.000+0100}, title = {Laminating, reinforcing and gluing: promising new technologies in glass architecture}, year = 2007 }