GlassAngiebeth Avendaño

Sabine BeyerFátima Ferreira

What is glass?

Glass

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opaque

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process making inorganic

fusion

Certain temperature Exact

termination of the glass

Silica (SiO2)

High temperatures

Just to know….

“Glass is a solid material, who is fragile but hard at the same time”.

How many types of glass exist?

Cast glassCrown glassAnnealed glassLaminated glassMirrored glassPatterned glass

GLASS

Cast Crown Annealed Lamined Mirrored Patterned

Pouring molten glass

Center protuberance

Blowing the glass

basic flat glassproduct

The float process

Breack into large, jagged shards

2 o more leyer of glass

Interlayers of polymeric material

Metal coating

SilverAluminiunGoldchrome

Flat glass

Regular pattern

Types of glass in architecture:

Sheet glassPlate glassWired glassFlint glassGround glass

Uses of glass

Some things that you can make with glass

Invention

4000 years ago

Eastern Mediterrenean

1500 BC molded glasss

Egypt

Glass industry

Roman Empire

“GLESUM”- transparent or lustrous

Characteristics of glass in architecture - Beauty & Versatility - Visibility & Light Transmission - Energy Conservation - Noise Resistant - Bullet Resistant

Relation between architecture and glass

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