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Flat glass opens up more possibilities for the planner than virtually any other material. Because of the technological complexity of using it, however, no specific structural forms have been developed for glass supporting frameworks as they have been for wood, concrete, and steel. This book is thus the first to present a coherent guide to the planning and design of glass supporting frameworks. The focus is on the pressure-resistant, flat supporting element as a basic building block for broad supporting structures. The spatial and constructive forms of multifunctional, self-supporting glass envelopes are vividly illustrated and systematically explained. The constructions presented exhibit new aesthetic qualities, based not on the dictum of "dematerialization" but on the poetry of gleaming and transparent planes. They ring in a new chapter in the history of glass architecture. Kaum ein anderes Material eröffnet dem Planer so viele Möglichkeiten wie Flachglas. Durch die technologische Komplexität des Baustoffs in der Anwendung wurden jedoch bisher im Gegensatz zum Beton-, Stahl- oder Holzbau keine spezifischen Strukturformen für Glastragwerke entwickelt und ausgeführt. Mit diesem Buch wird somit erstmals eine zusammenhängende Anleitung zum Planen und Gestalten von Glastragwerken vorgelegt. Im Zentrum steht dabei das druckfeste, flächige Tragelement als Grundbaustein für weit gespannte Tragstrukturen. Dabei werden die Entwurfsparameter für Raum- und Konstruktionsformen multifunktionaler, selbsttragender Glashüllen systematisch und anschaulich erklärt. Die präsentierten Konstruktionen zeigen neue ästhetische Qualitäten auf, die nicht auf dem Diktum der "Entmaterialisierung", sondern auf der Poesie leuchtender, durchscheinender Flächen beruhen und somit ein neues Kapitel in der Glasarchitektur einläuten.

Glass --- Glass construction --- 691.6 --- 692.23 --- Glasconstructies --- Bouwmaterialen ; glas --- Architectuur ; details ; translucente materialen ; 21ste eeuw --- Glass architecture --- Glass as structural material --- Glass in architecture --- Building --- Amorphous substances --- Ceramics --- Glazing --- 691.6 Glass. Window glass. Plate glass. Enamel etc. --- Glass. Window glass. Plate glass. Enamel etc. --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Bouwmaterialen ; glas, vensterglas, spiegelglas --- Glass construction. --- Glass. --- Safety glass. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering

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If the climate strikers proved one thing it is that our relation with nature has to change if we want to save it. In our post industrial society we see nature only as a recourse or an escape. As humans we have such a big impact on our environment that the balance between us and nature has completely shifted. We create more and more space between us and nature. Where does our food come from, where do our building materials come from. Most of us know these things but we often don’t understand the conditions of their origin. Stone quarry’s leave huge impact on the landscape, vegetable production destroys forests, meat production incites animal cruelty and transporting goods over the world creates massive carbon emissions. In this thesis I will focus on our relation to nature and focus on giving a voice to nature. I will use the Henri Spaak Parliamentary building as an example of how the built environment will adapt by 2035 if we would give nature a bigger role in decision making. The parliamentary building will function as a way to see how Nature could be represented in the European Parliament but also how these decisions will affect our built environment. In this thesis I will focus on our relation to nature and try to give it a voice. The proposed renovation of the Henri Spaak building will use its position as the seat of the European Parliament to involve nature in the decision-making of the future and look at how these decisions would affect our built environment in 2035. Giving a voice to nature As a way to illustrate my approach to give a voice to nature I am using the Tanzenlinde. These trees which you can find all over Europe (mostly Germany) were placed at the center of a village and were used to host traditional dancing events. The branches of the trees are guided in a certain way so that they could support one or multiple platforms which were then used by the dancers and musicians for the event. Once a tree was planted an official order was created by the villagers for future generations to sustain and protect the tree. In a lot of ways this shows an ideal relation to nature. It shows the reliance we have on nature in a symbolic way. Nature can be used as a tool in a way where we respect and celebrate nature. The tree is a symbol of the community, it is respected and it is incorporated in the way we make our decisions. If the tree dies the platforms break. As the center of the European union the henry Spaak parliamentary building is in a perfect position to function as a tanzenlinde in a way where it functions as a symbolic reminder for our relation to nature and can also enact policies that benefit nature. To do this ,like the tanzenlinde, we have to incorporate the community in this process, in this case civil society. Civil society has always been one of the biggest drivers of natures interest in society. The border of the roles civil society fulfills in contemporary society are starting to blur. More and more NGO’s are taking up roles of the government and private sector. I will be using this change to give nature back its voice by giving civil society a bigger role in the decision making. The henry Spaak building will thus be home to its governmental functions but I will add the new roles civil society plays for the government to the building, to help the representation of nature in the parliament.