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| DuPont to maximize transparency of facades at Bolzano’s Museion  Two opposing, funnel-shaped glass facades emphasize the transparent, invitingly-widening architecture of the 'Museion', Bolzano's new museum of modern and contemporary art. Opened in the summer of 2008, it was extensively conceived and planned by the Berlin-based architects KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike. For the production of the exterior laminated glass panels, used in the building's double glazing, the northern Italian facade specialist Vega Systems, in cooperation with the architects and the engineering office Studio Cattivelli, chose strong and stiff DuPont SentryGlas interlayers. Such properties have enabled the creation of relatively thin glazing, reaching up to 25 meters high and, in sections, acting as an overhead installation, which is able to meet rigorous safety requirements and requires only small, unobtrusive point fixtures to securely hold the panels in place – even at high wind forces. In such a way, the building is able to transmit a sense of inviting lightness, assimilating and perpetuating the white, almost monochrome design of its interior floors.write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |