Case Study about Dupont™ Sentryglas
Introduction: The façade covering Morocco Telecom’s new headquarters in Rabat is another stunning demonstration of the comprehensive capabilities of DuPont™ SentryGlas®. The facade construction used on the new building, designed by architects Jean Paul Viguier et Associés, Paris, comprises a double skin covering a total surface area of 11,500 m2 . The exterior of the skin is composed of vertical shoulders mounted on a stainless-steel structure, for wind mitigation, bearing a curtain-wall made of laminated glass panels. The laminate panels, each measuring 1,480 x 3,503 mm, comprise 10 mm Ipasol bright tempered HST, 1.52 mm SentryGlas® and 10 mm float tempered HST.
By deploying laminate panels incorporating SentryGlas®, the architects were able to address a number of important structural and functional demands; one of which was the high daytime temperatures and the large night-time temperature differential. During the day, the frontage of the building can quite easily see temperatures up to 70 °C; something which immediately precludes the use of PVB-based laminates, as they are only certified up to 64 °C by French building regulations. The superior thermal performance offered by SentryGlas® therefore made it an ideal candidate for this installation and, indeed, for others that face even higher temperatures, as SentryGlas® is up to 82 °C. keep reading…
