LIVING WITH THE GLASS | GUARDIAN GLASS
EXAMINE THE THREE HOUSES IN THREE COUNTRIES THAT USE GUARDIAN GLASS FOR CATERING TO VARIOUS PURPOSES, WHETHER IT BE ACCESSING THE OUTSIDE VIEW, ENHANCING NATURAL VENTILATION, OR LESSENING THE INTENSITY OF HEAT AND NATURAL LIGHT IN ORDER TO CREATE A COMFORTABLE SPACE FOR DWELLERS
WARA JITHPRATUCK FROM PLAN ARCHITECT INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE FULLEST POTENTIAL OF GLASS AND SURPASS ITS SUPERFICIAL CHARACTERISTICS. COME UP WITH A SUITABLE DESIGN ALONG WITH THIS MATERIAL IN THE TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THAILAND.
OFFICE BUILDING 01 | GUARDIAN GLASS
EXPLORE THE USE OF GUARDIAN GLASS IN LEADING OFFICE BUILDINGS AS A MATERIAL CATERS TO FUNCTIONALITY AND REFLECTS THE VISION OF ITS OWNER OR ORGANIZATION IT REPRESENTS
KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE FROM HAS DESIGN AND RESEARCH REINTERPRETS THE TRANSPARENCY OF SPACE AND MATERIALS AS TOOLS TO DEVELOP AN UNBOUND, MYSTERIOUS, AND INFINITE PERCEPTION TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE
LA CASA DEL DESIERTO | GUARDIAN GLASS
AMONG THE EXTREME HEAT OF GORAFE DESERT, LA CASA DEL DESIERTO DESIGNED BY OFIS ARCHITECTS IS CONCEIVED INTO PROMINENT ARCHITECTURE BY USING SUNGUARD EXTRASELECTIVE SUPERNEUTRAL 60 (SNX 60) AND CLIMAGUARD® PREMIUM2 WHICH CONTRIBUTE TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND ALLOW NATURAL LIGHT INTO INTERIOR SPACE
KARJVIT RIRERMVANICH, EDITOR OF ART4D, INQUIRES INTO THE UNIQUE ASPECT OF MIRROR WHICH IS BOTH VISIBLE AND TRANSPARENT, TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE, DEFINITE AND ELUSIVE
ROYAL PROJECT FOUNDATION | GUARDIAN GLASS
THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF THE ROYAL PROJECT FOUNDATION IS DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE THE LANNA STYLE INTO THE NEW CONTEXT. USING GUARDIAN GLASS MATERIAL FOR BUILDING’S EFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION TO REPRESENTING THE BUILDING’S CHARACTERISTICS AND THE BUILDING’S IMAGE
ELBPHILHARMONIE HAMBURG: FAÇADE DETAILS | GUARDIAN GLASS
AFTER WALKING THROUGH THE DESIGN CONCEPT OF ELBPHILHARMONIE HAMBURG IN A PREVIOUS ARTICLE, THIS TIME WE DELVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE BUILDING’S GLASS FAÇADE FROM GUARDIAN EXTRACLEAR®, GUARDIAN CLIMAGUARD®, AND GUARDIAN SUNGUARD® WHICH CREATES A DYNAMIC SHAPE SIMILAR TO NATURAL WAVES AND NEARBY HARBOR
TEXT: WARUT DUANGKAEWKART
PHOTO: CORDELIA EWERTH
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The unusual-looking curved glass facade seems to be what people remember the most about Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the project where Herzog & de Meuron transforms an old warehouse into a new landmark of the city of Hamburg. The place houses a variety of activities and establishments, from music hall, restaurants, bars, to an apartment and a hotel.
The natural attributes of rippled waves inspire the glass facade with three-dimensional form and details. With a surface area of over 21,800 square meters, the undulating surface occupies more than 5,000 square meters. The finished work is the result of the collaborative effort between the design team and Guardian Glass. The significance of the facade’s unprecedented design at the time is more than just the striking physical appearance but its ability to maintain the highest level of efficiency and quality, from strength, safety and the reduction of interior temperature.
The three-layer safety glass are bent and assembled into the designed form, delivering both aesthetically appealing appearance and functional efficiency. Despite being bent into curved form, the glass from high quality manufacturing process still keeps the functional qualities of Low-E surface coating, which enhances heat control.
The glass used with the architecture of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg ranges from Guardian ExtraClear®, a transparent flat glass, which is used as the principal material for its transparency. Guardian ClimaGuard® DT, the heat insulation glass, offers high durability with efficient control of interior temperature. Guardian SunGuard® Solar Light Blue 52 is used for it is able to control the amount of sunlight from coming into the building while still maintaining a nice presence of natural light with 47% Visible Light Transmission (VLT) that filter heat transmission down to only 36%, enabling efficient temperature control and less indoor air conditioning usage.
The technologies developed and incorporated for the construction of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg building allow us to see new possibilities of how glass can be used in architectural design. With the right integration of design, and bodies of knowledge surrounding materials and manufacturing processes, one can see how the potential and landscape of architectural design and construction have been and will be broadened.
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KUNGWANSIRI TEJAVANIJA FROM PBM DESIGN STUDIO ILLUSTRATES TO US A STORY OF ‘GLASS’, WHICH IS MORE THAN A TRANSPARENT MATERIAL BUT AN INCREDIBLE INVENTION THAT CAN POTENTIALLY DEMOLISH EVERY CONSTRAINT IN DESIGN, AND ENABLE WHAT WE HAVE ENVISIONED FOR THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE TO COME INTO BEING
CUBE BERLIN | GUARDIAN GLASS
3XN ARCHITECTS CONCEIVED CUBE BERLIN AS A LANDMARK FOR THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE INTEGRATION OF ARCHITECTURE, ART AND TECHNOLOGY TO SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT, WHILE BUILDING’S FAÇADE USES CLIMAGUARD PREMIUM 2 AND SUNGUARD HIGH DURABLE DIAMOND 66 TO HOLDING A DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER AND REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION SIMULTANEOUSLY
TEXT: WARUT DUANGKAEWKART
PHOTO: ADAM MØRK
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At a public square at Berlin’s city center sits modern looking building known as Cube Berlin. With the location fronting the city’s main train station, and right next to the Spree River, the building serves a landmark for the urban neighborhood with the design that brings together an impressive combination of different sciences and disciplines from architecture, art, technology to sustainable environment.
From the project’s architect’s, 3XN Architects, intention is to come up with the design concept that helps diversify the building’s architectural dimension. Despite its main purpose as an office building, the architecture is designed to express itself as an art form. The design facilitates interactions between the building and its surroundings with the glass skin that reflects the neighboring urban spaces into fascinating visuals and dimensions of its outer appearance. Meanwhile, the skin creates spatial experiences for users who are inside the building and looking out to Berlin’s cityscape.
This 10-story-high commercial building houses a variety of activities and functional spaces from offices, markets, parking spaces to rooftop floor, all facilitating a connection with the surrounding landscape. With the façade that is as high as 42.5 meters, the cubicle form is physically distinctive with the glass skin that clearly reveals the entire structure and interior. The curtain walls open the inside of the building to the scenic urban landscape, fully welcoming natural light into the interior function spaces.
The façade contain details of faceted surface with angles that deviate in different directions, similar to a prism, attracting the interest of the passerby with eye-catching gimmick . The building skin is constructed with double-layered glass, accentuating architectural mass to appear even more dimensional. Functionally, the skin envelopes all the functional spaces and creates alternating configuration of the terrace placement on each floor, consequently facilitating a connection between the inside and the outside.
The exterior layer of the glass façade uses Climaguard Premium 2 and Sunguard High Durable Diamond 66, which hold a distinctive thermally reflective quality. The materials are coated with a substance that can effectively reflect sunlight, elevating the building’s image and abilities as a smart building, which is also project’s key concepts.
The smart building concept directly results in the architectural design’s efficient energy management, partially achieved through the physical characteristics of the glass skin. The skin allows the building to handle the outside heat and better control interior temperature, contributing to significant energy consumption reduction. While the facade is entirely built of glass, it does not forfeit the building’s energy efficiency, especially when accompanied by wholly integrated systems, which together take Cube Berlin to a new plateau of smart buildings, functionally and visually.
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