Edgetech is boasting the role of its Super Spacer bars in a number of radically designed art galleries and museums.
Among them is The Twist, ‘part gallery, part bridge and part sculpture’ that spans the Randsleva River in the Norwegian forest.
Ten quadruple-glazed insulating glass units make up the building’s structural façade, with the free-form units having been manufactured using Super Spacer TriSeal. A PVB film blocks the UV radiation to shield the artworks inside from sunlight.
Also in Norway is the Salmon Eye – a four-floor floating art installation, designed to educate visitors about the importance of sustainable fishing.
The structure’s ellipsoidal shape is modelled on a salmon’s eye, with the outer layer made of 9,250 stainless steel plates designed to imitate a fish’s shimmering skin.
The installation weighs 1,256 tonnes, making extensive use of curved and laminated safety glass units created with Super Spacer TriSeal Flex.
Meanwhile, the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet in the Swiss mountains aims to tell the story of the country’s long tradition of watchmaking. The building takes the form of a glass double helix which is embedded into the landscape and has the appearance of a giant watch spring. It consists of an all-glass curved facade, a 470-tonne green steel roof, and a striking sunshade louvre fashioned from untreated brass.
Regularly exposed to temperatures of well below -20°C, the triple glazed insulating glass, manufactured with Super Spacer TriSeal Flex in black, has been engineered to achieve U Values of 0.5 W/(m²K).
Edgetech managing director Chris Alderson said: “Whether in the Swiss mountains, Norway’s arctic climate, or the hot deserts of the Arabian Peninsula, Super Spacer TriSeal has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to easily withstand the toughest weather conditions to offer outstanding overall performance.
“For us, it’s immensely gratifying to see our products help make some of the most architecturally ambitious buildings in the world a reality.
“This is especially the case when the structures themselves are just as impressive as the artworks they were designed to contain.”
