Glass Structures Design and Construction of Self-Supporting Skins
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Spans Of Glass
2.1 FROM LEAFY ARBOUR TO CLIMATE SKIN – THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE
Early period and Christian sacred architecture
The modern era
2.2 THE GLASS ROOF: FORM, FUNCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
3 Flat Glass As A Construction Material
3.1 PROPERTIES OF GLASS
Flat glass as a load-bearing material
Flat glass as a building skin material
3.2 BASIC GLASS – FLOAT GLASS, ROLLED GLASS AND DRAWN GLASS
Manufacturing processes
Implications for design and construction
Implications for building skins
3.3 THE MECHANICAL PROCESSING OF GLASS – CUTTING, DRILLING AND GRINDING
3.4 THE THERMAL TREATMENT OF GLASS – TEMPERING, ENAMELLING, BENDING AND SURFACE TEXTURING
Tempering
Enamelling and printing on glass
Thermal bending of glass
“Texturing” glass
3.5 LAYERING AND BONDING OF PANES: LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED SAFETY GLASS
Manufacture and fi nishing
Implications for design and construction
Implications for the building skin
3.6 COATING THE PANES AND SEALING THE EDGES: INSULATING GLASS
Surface coatings
The build-up of insulating glass
Implications for design and construction
Implications for building skins
4 Design And Connections
4.1 DESIGNING WITH GLASS
Flat glass as a building skin and construction element
Connections
Design calculation procedures
4.2 THE USE OF GLASS PANES IN BUILDING SKINS
Glazing types
Residual load-bearing capacity of panes
Connections
4.3 THE USE OF GLASS PLATES AND BEAMS IN STRUCTURES
Plates loaded in compression
Shear plates
Columns, glass fi ns and beams
Residual load-bearing capacity of glass
Connections
5 Functional Requirements
5.1 OVERVIEW
User demand profiles
5.2 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING SKIN GEOMETRIES
The glass courtyard – the fl at or inclined roof
The glass band – the curved or folded roof
The glass core – the double-curved roof
6 Glass Structures
6.1 FORMS OF LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURES IN FLAT GLASS
6.2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS
Grid geometry
Redundancy: safety in non-hierarchical structures
The safe design of glass structures loaded in compression
Modules and planes of connection
6.3 LOAD-BEARING GLASS STRUCTURES
Beams and trusses
Plate structures
Cellular structures
7 Projects
7.1 BACKGROUND OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
7.2 THE GLASS COURTYARD – PLANAR LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS
7.3 THE GLASS BAND – CURVED LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS
7.4 THE GLASS CORE – DOUBLE-CURVED LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS
8 Outlook
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
PICTURE CREDITS
PARTNERS
Glass Structures Design and Construction of Self-Supporting Skins
