GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2019

21 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS / 20 / SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS © Bjarke Ingels Group © Laurian Ghinitoiu The outer skin consists of 40 cm wide aluminium panels. These narrow metal sheets fan out in the area of the spiral by phase shifting. The metal cladding absorbs the curvature of the building with straight elements, while the glass skin follows the spiral movement with three- dimensionally shaped panes. These were bent using highly complex gravity bending in CLIMAPLUS CONTOUR. The largest of the ten panes measures 5.2 by 2.5 meters and weighs 1.2 tons. A 3D free-form was created for each element, whose bending shape is in turn based on the architect’s 3D BIM model.