Technology Systems :
Structural Glass Facades
A new facade technology has gradually emerged in recent decades, driven largely by the pursuit of transparency in the building facade among leading international building designers. This new technology has evolved in long-span applications, and can be categorized by the various structural systems employed as support.
Acoustical Performance
The decision on what facade concept to employ for building construction is usually dictated by the aesthetic and thermal requirements of the building program.
Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS)
The art of steel. Structural glass facades are not simply about transparency. Often the designer seeks to express the structural system supporting the facade, sometimes even at the expense of transparency. What is necessarily required here is a level of craftsmanship that extends far beyond what is found in conventional structural steel.
Cables, Rods, Castings, and Machined Components
In addition to the glass and structural systems that comprise structural glass facade technology are the components that in turn comprise these systems components quite unlike those typically used in exterior wall systems.
Custom Curtainwall Systems
Enclos offers the most innovative curtainwall systems in the marketplace, combining aesthetic, performance and economic considerations into optimum solutions to our client’s needs.Curtainwall anchors are set prior to the commencement of unit installation. If the anchors
Facade Security
Security issues represent one aspect of the increasing demands being placed upon the building skin. Burglary, bullets, bombs, and Mother Nature’s missiles (windborne debris resulting from hurricane winds) all represent an escalating threat to the building envelope.
Glazing Systems
Framed systems support the glass continuously along two or four sides. There are many variations of framed systems, most of which fall into two general categories.
Green and Sustainable Facade Technology
The building skin affects both the appearance and performance of a building like no other building system.Facade and curtainwall systems are thus of paramount importance when considering issues of green building and sustainable design.
Structural Systems
Ultimately, structural glass facades are as much about the expression of elegant and minimalist structural systems as they are about facade transparency. The facades completed to date are easily categorized by the structural system types used to support them.
