GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2018

/ SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS – FACADE 22 Public Building ANTWERP HARBOR HOUSE arch. Zaha Hadid Architects (U.K.) photo: ©Marc Sourbron, Hufton+Crow 2016 Element Façade with CLIMAPLUS COOL-LITE KS 147 and EMALIT EVOLUTION on PLANICLEAR, DIAMANT and ANTELIO SILVER Products Zaha Hadid Architects have designed an impressive faceted glass volume that sits on the roof of a century-old fire station at the new Antwerp Port Authority headquarters. The volume measures over 100 meters in length which almost matches the span of the former fire station below. Thanks to this extension, the building will be able to host 500 Port Authority staff who were previously working across separate sites in the Belgian city. The building overlooks both port and city, and shimmers as if in motion, an effect amplified by a massive angled concrete “leg”, cantilevered at one end, and faceted triangular glass panels on the other. Antwerp, BELGIUM