Transmaterial

SentryGlas

On James Carpenter's Blue Glass Passage at Seattle's new City Hall, fully exposed edges and the "lack of cumbersome fixtures" give the glass bridge the look of a "transposed slice of water." New DuPont SentryGlas Secure technology enabled aluminium inserts to be laminated directly into the bridge's glass floor, giving an innovative technical solution for the aesthetic look the designers wanted.

In the first application of DuPont SentryGlas Secure technology worldwide, James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA) of New York has created a striking, cobalt blue, laminated glass bridge, 20 m long, over which Seattle City Hall council members walk to enter the building’s chambers.

The patented DuPont technology was designed to enable architects to design with a robust new generation of laminated glass applications that meet stringent security – or seismic – standards worldwide. Its inventors at DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions Central Research & Development have said: “SentryGlas Secure technology utilizes the engineered properties of SentryGlas Plus ionoplast interlayer with astonishing results.” This is based on the fact that SentryGlas Plus ionoplast interlayer bonds well to a range of materials beyond glass, meaning that enhanced performance can be ‘engineered in’ to the overall construction. [via the Dupont website; suggested by Kai Uwe Bergman, Copenhagen.]

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