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The Joints for the All Transparent Pavilion

Freek Bos, Fred Veer, Elke van Nieuwenhuijzen & Christian Louter, Delft University of Technology
Jan Belis, Ghent University

Several innovative joints have been applied in the All Transparent Pavilion. Methods to connect annealed glass are sought, because the ordinary bolted pin joints are not possible in non-tempered glass. The other goal was to optimize transparency. The joints were subjected to different quantities of experiment before they were applied in the mounting of the pavilion. The designs as well as the experiments on four joints are described.

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The Authors

Mr. Freek Bos
ir.
Delft University of Technology

Freek Bos works as a Ph.D. researcher at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, where he graduated in 2002 (specializing in both Building Technology and Architecture) on form-finding as a design tool f...

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Dr. Frederic Veer
Dr.
Delft University of Technology

Frederic Veer has been involved in glass research since 1995, developing new combinations and structures which use glass as a structural material in innovative ways. Currently the author is head of a ...

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Mr. Christian Louter
ir.
Delft University of Technology

Christian Louter received his building engineering degree in 2004 from Delft University of Technology. In February 2005 Christian started his Ph.D. research on ‘structural glass components’ at the fa...

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Dr. Jan Belis
dr. ir.-arch./Assistant Professor
Ghent University - LMO

Jan Belis holds a degree in civil engineering/architecture and a PhD degree in structural engineering from Ghent University, Belgium. Since 2006, he is assistant professor at the same institute. His r...

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Originally presented at Glass Processing Days 2005 conference

Glass Processing Days 2005

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