Week 12 Integrity

Manufacturing Material Effects Rethinking Design and Making In Architecture

Edited by Branko Kolarevic And Kevin Klinger

From this useful book, I found a specific kind of glass facade structure that I can use for my design.

Continuous Glass:

The building has all architecturally exposed cast-in-place concrete work for walls and ceiling and uses raised floor systems throughout. The bubble-deck concrete structure spans 10.5m There is no distribution ductwork; the perimeter of the facade is lined with fan coil units drawing air from a continuous fresh air intake along the edged of every floor. Alternating with the fan coils are simply direct air intakes delivering untreated air directly from the exterior to interior. Each floor is fully flanked by two walls of glass in close proximity. 

Reference : 

Klinger,K , Kolarevic, B, 2008, Manufacturing Material Effects Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, Routledge, New York