Lecture Series by the department of Building
Construction
The multi-award winning adhesively bonded cast glass block façade of the Crystal Houses
project in Amsterdam was conceived by MVRDV architects and developed by a research group at TU Delft. Insights into the engineering
challenges are presented, from the development of the system and its experimental validation to the daily, 7-month monitoring
of the construction. The Crystal Houses façade demonstrated the potential of the cast glass technology in creating three-dimensional,
load-bearing and freeform all-glass structures.
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Based
on the lessons learned from the Crystal Houses, new ideas and concepts of designing structures with cast glass will be shown.
Emphasis is given to the circularity of the design by creating reversible systems of recycled, interlocking cast glass components.
Glass has finally escaped its 2-dimensional, transparent nature!
Faidra Oikonomopoulou
and Telesilla Bristogianni are PhD researchers at TU Delft focusing on structural applications of cast glass.
They both hold a diploma degree in Architectural Engineering (NTUA) and a MSc degree in Building Technology (TU Delft). Faidra
and Telesilla were instrumental in the research and development of the adhesively bonded cast glass block system for the Crystal
Houses façade in Amsterdam, designed by MVRDV. Together, they supervised the entire construction of the Crystal Houses façade
as quality control engineers. As a follow up they developed the idea of Re3 Glass, a reversible system made of recycled cast
glass components.
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Upcoming
"The Making of... Glass Architecture“ Lectures 2021
March 24, 2021, 7 pm
James
O'Callaghan, TU Delft
„The Making of Transparency"
October 13, 2021, 7 pm
Christoph
Bauchinger, Seele
„The Making of Icon Siam"
November 3, 2021, 7 pm
Joan
Tarrus, Cricursa
„The Making of Curved Glas"
