GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2020

75 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS 74 Products CONTRAFLAM 30, STADIP® PLANIDUR®, PLANITHERM® ONE, SECURIT®-H The altitude, prevailing weather conditions at the Bavarian Zugspitze summit at just under 3,000 meters above sea level, geological factors and logistics posed enormous challenges for the project. This also applied to the transport of Vetrotech SAINT-GOBAIN’s fire-resistant glass panes, which, like all other materials, had to be transported from an interim storage facility at 1,200 meters to the construction site using a separate material cableway, and installed at the mountain station by the Stahlbau Pichler company from Bolzano. Inside the station, the 176-square-meter CONTRAFLAM glass panes supplied by Vetrotech SAINT-GOBAIN for various different superstructures provide above all for safety at points of transition between individual areas of use as doors, windows or fire-protection walls. An oasis of peace and safety Sebastian Kroesen of Hasenauer Architects, who supervised the project from planning to completion, is especially pleased to have succeeded in creating an oasis of peace at the mountain station despite the rush of visitors. The design and furnishings of the restaurant and catering areas, for example, create a visually and factually quiet environment thanks to the selection of appropriate sound-absorbing materials. Safety is ensured both inside the restaurant and at the exits and transition points (at stairwells, for instance) by CONTRAFLAM 30 fire-resistant glass, STADIP ® 66.2 laminated safety glass made of PLANIDUR ® , PLANITHERM ® ONE and SECURIT ® -H tested single-pane safety glass. A strong aesthetic accent is set by the parallelogram-shaped glass panes, which allow a view of the cable car technology from the restaurant. To ensure that the glass panes would survive the roughly 3,000-meter ascent to the summit undamaged, they were fitted with pressure-equalization valves, which were then removed prior to installation. ZUGSPITZE MOUNTAIN STATION COMMERCIAL OFFICES SAFETY HIGHLIGHT Location Zugspitze, Germany Architects Sebastian Kroesen of Hasenauer Architects, Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Germany Glass processor Vetrotech SAINT-GOBAIN Façade maker Stahlbau Pichler, Bolzano, Italy Photos ©Christoph Seelbach, VETROTECH SAINT-GOBAIN