STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES - USC School of Architecture

score, indicating a general willingness to use the technology in spite of their lack of familiarity
with it.
I am interested in structural glass facades technology and would like to know more.
4.0
1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
The large majority of responses were 4’s and 5’s, although there was a 1 and a couple of
3’s. This seems a high response for a group that is building science rather than design
oriented.
If I understood structural glass façade technology better, I would be more likely to include it in
my building designs.
4.2
1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
The response here was dominated by 4’s and 5’s.
The above responses are important. Some of this Group are already practicing
professionals, and the rest are about to graduate and enter the workplace. If a significant
percentage of architectural practitioners responded similarly to these questions, it would
provide evidence of the existence of a potential tier of new adopters of structural glass
façade technology. This would be a good future testing program that could be administered
in conjunction with the AIA CES presentation program represented in Chapter 8.
Group B
Following are questions, responses and commentary to 11 questions included on the 2 nd test
of Group B. The first five questions are the same as for Group A above. Group A answered
these questions before seeing the presentation. Group B answered the questions 2-weeks
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