Engineered Reflection

This research will focus on glass materiality and its use in architecture. By attending Glasstec, fhe international trade fair for glass production, processing and products, I will be able to elaborate a technology survey of available products in the market, production processes as well as experiments and prototypes showcased by the companies Research and Development departments. Additionally, I will visit and document the recently inaugurated Elbphilarmonie in Hamburg, where glass is used in various forms and applications in innovative ways (curved, serigraphed, etched, thermoformed). Through an extensive documentation I will produce the material and documentation in order to propose future uses and applications of glass in architecture, focusing performance and its material possibilities. Both Glasstec participation and the Elbiphilarmonie documentation will become essential elements for my research in the form of concrete chapters in my thesis proposal.

Faculty Supervisor:

David Howes

Student:

Partner:

Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program: