Santiago
Andean Civic Library
Technical snapshot
Project data
- Glass system
- Laminated structural glass
- Application
- Structural glass assembly
- Project status
- Completed
- Panel size
- Up to 2,800 × 5,000 mm
- Performance
- Multi-ply low-iron laminated safety glass
- Engineering review
- Structural calculation, movement and connection review
Project note
The project uses glass as both enclosure and structure to create open reading rooms connected to a landscaped civic plaza.The proposal combines thick laminated structural glass, low-iron fins and engineered stainless-steel connections developed around movement and load requirements.Finite geometry coordination, edge-quality inspection, trial assembly and protective crating form...