STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES - USC School of Architecture

Perhaps the shift from I-don’t-know to the selected incorrect response is not such a bad
thing; these participants at least thought they had learned a response, and their selection
was close to the mark. Perhaps what is worse is that four of the seven I-don’t-know
responders from the 1 st test still did not feel they knew enough to venture a different
response after the program presentation. In any case this is a poor result from such a central
topic of the program. Two of the three remaining respondents that kept their original answer
unchanged also picked a “good” incorrect answer, require a spider fitting.
One thing that should be made absolutely clear in the learning program is that point-fixed
glazing systems are a strategy to provide optimum transparency in structural glass facades.
In fact, an excellent idea would be to feature a slide entitled, “Strategies for Transparence,”
which could draw from existing elements already included in the program but position them
specifically within a context of transparency, which is a central consideration of structural
glass façade technology. This slide would feature point-fixed glass systems, low-iron glass,
monolithic glass, butt-glazed silicone weather seal, and cable net structural systems, with an
example or two, all in the same context instead of from within their segregated categories.
Question 12
Veneer glass systems
provide optimum economy.
use a thin wood strip to support the glass.
are maximum transparency glazing systems.
use drilled glass.
all of the above.
I don’t know.
This question was answered incorrectly 9% and 30% of the time on the 1 st and 2 nd test
respectively by Group A, and 33% and 29% of the time on the 1 st and 2 nd test respectively by
Group B.
376