Let’s have a look for bellow new design of building!
Rotterdam, Netherlands finally welcomes new building members
The “bowl-shaped building” wrapped in a mirror-Depot Art Warehouse
Depot is located in the museum park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
It is the world’s first art warehouse that can be visited by the public
Especially its gleaming facade
Exceptionally attracts the attention of global designers
The charm of curved mirror glass
The total height of Depot Art Warehouse is about 40 meters and the area is about 15,000 square meters
Designed by the Dutch international architectural firm MVRDV, Winnie Maas, one of the founders of MVRDV, is also the lead architect of this project
Introduce Depot as a new participant in the region
Sitting on the museum park where the hospital and the original Unilever headquarters are located
There are already several cultural institutions
Maas believes that although Depot is a warehouse
But it shouldn’t be an obstacle, but an eye-catching building
It may stand out because of its design, especially because of its eye-catching facade
The mirror surface area of the building skin reaches 6609 square meters
A total of 1,664 curved mirror glasses are used
Maas explained that Depot works like a spy network
Through it people can go from any direction
Observe the park and adjacent buildings through the curvature of the mirror wall
This is the charm of mirror glass
And at the same time, these mirror glasses also have a curvature
Therefore, people understand this building as an architectural panorama
Compare it to a huge shiny ball falling down
Absorb the entire museum park and its surroundings
Like an axis line and reflects light
It can reflect various surrounding environments:
The passing pedestrians, the prosperous green trees in the park,
Flowing clouds in the sky and the vibrant city skyline of Rotterdam
So that the building itself can be completely “dissolved” in the surrounding environment
While activating the surrounding area, it also interacts with the entire city and weather
And people’s daily activities produce richer interactions
So what is curved mirror glass? How does it make?
For Mirror:
As the previous architect and project lead architect Maas
Have extensive work experience in China
So in this project
He used a Shenzhen supplier to customize the production of these mirror glasses
And finally the overall completion is very high
Mirror glass is also called polished glass
It is passed by flat glass
Glass made of metal abrasives such as emery and silica sand after polishing
Have mirror-like characteristics
There are two types of single-sided polishing and double-sided polishing
The surface is smooth and shiny
The light transmittance is greater than 84%, and the thickness is 4mm-6mm
Curved surface
As we all know, flat glass is generally flat and smooth
But in use, people often need some curved or curved glass
Arc curved glass: also known as hot curved glass, arc curved glass
It belongs to when the glass is heated to near the softening temperature twice
According to the requirements, it is deformed by bending
According to the degree of bending, it is divided into shallow bending and deep bending
Shallow bends are mostly used for architectural decorations, automobiles, Ship windshield, glass furniture decoration series, etc.
The deep bend can be widely used in display counters, sightseeing elevator corridors, Glass roof, ornamental aquarium, etc.
If tempering is carried out while hot bending
It is hot-bent tempered glass, glass pot lid belongs to this category
In order to ensure the safety of some curved glass curtain walls
Hot-bent tempered glass is mostly used
From this, we can know
The production process of art warehouse mirror glass is very complicated
Need to combine the process of mirror glass and hot bending tempered glass
And every piece of mirror glass is connected by a hidden frame
This requires the factory to make fine customization according to the architectural drawings
In order to finally present this “mirror bowl”
Installation and fixing method of mirror glass curtain wall
Metal supporting structure point glass curtain wall
This is one of the more popular forms currently
It uses metal materials as a supporting structure system
Through metal connectors and fasteners
Fix the face glass firmly on it, very safe and reliable
Make full use of the flexibility of the metal structure to meet the needs of architectural modeling
People can clearly see the entire structural system supporting the glass through the glass
Mainly include: exposed frame glass curtain wall & hidden frame glass curtain wall
Exposed frame glass curtain wall
The exposed frame glass curtain wall is a glass curtain wall with metal frame components exposed on the outer surface
It is framed by aluminum alloy profiles with special sections
The glass panel is fully embedded in the groove of the profile
Its characteristic lies in the aluminum alloy profile itself
It has the dual functions of skeleton structure and fixed glass
Exposed frame glass curtain wall is the most traditional form
The most widely used and reliable performance
Compared with the hidden frame glass curtain wall, it is easier to meet the requirements of construction technology level
Hidden frame glass curtain wall
The metal frame of the glass curtain wall is hidden behind the glass, and the metal frame is invisible outside
Hidden frame glass curtain wall can be divided into full hidden frame glass curtain wall and semi-hidden frame glass curtain wall.
The semi-hidden frame glass curtain wall can be horizontally bright and vertical, or vertical bright and horizontally hidden.
The structural feature of the hidden frame glass curtain wall is: the glass is outside the aluminum frame
Use silicone structural sealant to bond glass to aluminum frame
The load of the curtain wall is mainly borne by the sealant
Full glass structure point glass curtain wall
It uses metal connectors and fasteners
Integrate the glass support structure (glass rib) with the face glass
Become a building envelope
Simple construction and low cost, composed of glass surface and ribs
The broad vision is pleasing to the eye
The indoor and outdoor spaces of the building achieve a greater degree of visual integration
Tie rod (cable) structure point glass curtain wall
It adopts stainless steel tie rod or is used to separate with glass
Corresponding cables are made into the supporting structure of the curtain wall
The glass is fixed to it by metal connectors
In the construction, the precision of the machine processing is sufficient, so that the components are all tension rods
Therefore, it is necessary to prestress during construction
This kind of soft joint can reduce the glass breakage rate during vibration
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