Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff
The remodelling of the entrance of St. David’s Hall in Cardiff features an array of translucent and partially pigmented structural glass fins with artistic lighting. The fins are composed of 2 x 10 mm toughened glass incorporating a red screen frit and acid etching. The fins are 300 mm deep and up t...
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| description | The remodelling of the entrance of St. David’s Hall in Cardiff features an array of translucent and partially pigmented structural glass fins with artistic lighting. The fins are composed of 2 x 10 mm toughened glass incorporating a red screen frit and acid etching. The fins are 300 mm deep and up to 5 m long, supported by a stainless steel shoe bracket at the bottom and a fork bracket in the upper zone of the fin. Only by using a stiff Ionoplast interlayer the fins could be designed to suit the load bearing capacity of the existing structure. The robustness and safety of the design was demonstrated by a series of impact tests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54201e7cbe9643508f5c2b39389011262022-12-21T21:03:19ZengChallenging Glass ConferenceChallenging Glass Conference Proceedings2589-80192010-05-012110.7480/cgc.2.236824Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, CardiffJ. Wurm0Arup Materials ConsultingThe remodelling of the entrance of St. David’s Hall in Cardiff features an array of translucent and partially pigmented structural glass fins with artistic lighting. The fins are composed of 2 x 10 mm toughened glass incorporating a red screen frit and acid etching. The fins are 300 mm deep and up to 5 m long, supported by a stainless steel shoe bracket at the bottom and a fork bracket in the upper zone of the fin. Only by using a stiff Ionoplast interlayer the fins could be designed to suit the load bearing capacity of the existing structure. The robustness and safety of the design was demonstrated by a series of impact tests.https://proceedings.challengingglass.com/index.php/cgc/article/view/28glass finionoplast interlayerbracket designimpact testing |
| spellingShingle | J. Wurm Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings glass fin ionoplast interlayer bracket design impact testing |
| title | Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| title_full | Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| title_fullStr | Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| title_short | Structural Glass Fin Façade St. Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| title_sort | structural glass fin facade st davids hall cardiff |
| topic | glass fin ionoplast interlayer bracket design impact testing |
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