5.3.1 Crystal Houses – Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

A transparent façade made with glass bricks is not something you see everyday, right? Unless you happen to live in Amsterdam, close to the Crystal Houses! Let’s get closer and learn from the façade engineer about how this building came to be.

Building: Crystal Houses
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Year: 2016
Architect: MVRDV
Façade engineer: ABT and TU Delft
Partner: Erwin ten Brincke, Engineering Consultant, ABT

Watch the interview and add your notes to the stickies below.

Glass bricks

How to develop a complex façade?

First idea: design or technology

Translation to design

Dos and don’ts in process?

How to engineer a complex façade?

Solid glass structure:

Which façade technology?

Right system?

Right material?

How to build a complex façade?

Find the manufacturer

Logistics

Does it work in the end?

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