Het programma van Challenging Glass van de TU Delft dat op 28 en 29 juni plaatsvindt, is definitief en te downloaden via de site van het congres. Het is de derde versie van de door Freek Bos en Christian Louter georganiseerde conferentie. Sprekers zijn dit jaar:
- Tim Macfarlane, Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, Londen,
- James F. Carpenter, James Carpenter Design Associates, New York,
- Erick van Egeraat, Designed by Erick van Egeraat, Rotterdam,
- Christoph Timm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York,
- Rogier van der Heide, Philips Lighting, Amsterdam.
De volgende projecten en case studies worden onder meer behandeld:
- The glass screens of the Japan Post Tower, Lucio Blandini, Werner Sobek
- The Glass Sphinx: A Massive Stacked Glass Sculpture, Freek Bos, Tom van der Heijden, Pieter Schreurs
- The Apple Glass Cube: Version 2.0, James O’Callaghan, Charles Bostick
- Future application of structural use of glass, Thomas Henriksen
- A laminated glass wall will prevent Warnemuende from high-rise water, Frank Heyder, Franziska Paulu
- Lincoln Center Canopies – Glass Supporting Steel, Jan Knippers, Jochen Riederer, Matthias Oppe
- Project for the Eiffel Tower: Constructive Geometry, Nicolas Leduc, Jacques Raynaud, Niccolo Baldassini
- Challenges in the Design, Fabrication and Installation of Glass Structures Comprising of Super Jumbo Glass Sheets, Peter Lenk, Harriet Lambert
- Glass walls carrying the roof and withstanding the wind load on the façade: Conservatory of the Museum in Dordrecht and Raaks Glass Cube in Haarlem, Rob Nijsse
- Inclined glass fins for the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Silvia Prandelli, Damian Rogan
- Design of Suspended Glass Ceiling Structure in High Sesimic Hazard Zones, Toru Takeuchi, Kenichi Sugizaki, and Koichi Yasuda
- Load-bearing behavior of non-monolithic glass laminate beams for wide spans, Erich Trösch, Ernst Wälchli, Thomas Baumgärtner
- Designing a glass pavilion to protect an ancient Greek temple, Fred Veer, Phaedra Oikonomopoulou, Regina Bokel
- A true all-glass staircase, Ernst Wälchli, Bruno Kassnel-Henneberg
- Two Lines – Arup with David Chipperfield Architects, Felix Weber
- Torre Iberdrola, Bilbao, Spain, Axel Zemborain
De deelnamekosten zijn € 295 voor één dag en € 395 voor twee dagen. Glas Trösch is hoofdsponsor. Meer informatie: www.challengingglass.com
