SANDWICHPANELS MADE USING SHEETS OF GLASS WITH AN ALVEOLAR CORE FOR APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE

This project aims to develop a new system of construction for building façades that offers better mechanical and aesthetic properties than the systems currently available on the market. The solution found comprises panels with a sandwich structure, in other words, made up of two outer skins and a central core. The outer skins are made from monolithic glass and the core is an alveolar / reticular (honeycomb) structure made from polycarbonate.

The structure of the panels is achieved thanks to an adhesive join between the outer skins and the core, which does not require frames around the perimeter, and thanks to the sandwich configuration, excellent mechanical properties are achieved in terms of bending (resistance and rigidity) and compression at very low densities.

Furthermore, from an aesthetic point of view, the outer glass skins give the panel characteristics of translucence and the polycarbonate core allows for the inclusion of coloured solutions and to vary the previous characteristics: when observing the panel in a perpendicular direction, translucence is maximum, decreasing as the angle of observation diminishes. This system has been tried and tested and is in the process of being patented.

SANDWICHPANELS MADE USING SHEETS OF GLASS WITH AN ALVEOLAR CORE FOR APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE

DATE OF PRESENTATION: June, 2007

DATE OF BEGINNING: July, 2007

DATE OF ENDING: December, 2007

ENTITIES

Financing: ah asociados

Collaboration: ah asociados

Situation: obtaining patent rights

The telecommunications tower of the Tracasa offices has been covered in this material, making it one of the unique features of the building. It houses the existing installations (chimney stacks, antenna, etc.) giving the building as a whole a unique personality in terms of image and technological symbolism. The aim of this covering, comprising glass sandwich panels with a polycarbonate core, is to create the impression of lightness, resistance and innovation. For illumination purposes, a system of LEDs has been used, allowing effects and colours to be programmed, creating the ultimate technological look and image at night.