TENSIONED MULLIONS

CENTRE PROUVÉ

Type : Architecture
Patent : N/A
Year : 2015
Status : Built
Studio : VS-A.FR + Barani et Presles, Architects
Reference : link

When you start looking for a very transparent façade, you quickly realize that the key point relies on the design of the frames. Most of the time transoms can be removed, but what about the mullions?

Can we use Steel mullions like the TGI Lille Project? glass support fins? clamped or point-fixed glasses assembles on tensioned cables?

Apart from the Glass Veil, the only efficient solution we found was to design a stick curtain-wall with tensioned mullions. This is the solution we used for Centre Prouvé