Challenges in Building Fully Curved Unitised Panel

The point of this article is to show the intricacy of planning a DGUcurve façade with and work with this assignment practically speaking for plans which face these kinds of difficulties just as fill in as broad information for those doing additionally investigate in this theme.

The point of this exploration was to see if the current unitized curtain wall systems' techniques can be utilized for DGU-curve façade and, assuming this is the case, is to make understand exterior project workers and architects about the process involved in planning a DGU-curved unitized curtain wall system.

The examination procedure comprised of three sub-fields of exploration: DGU unitized frameworks investigation, design examination, and material examination.

This situation would, on a fundamental level, imply that curve DGU glass, straight and turned or single-bended, and bent transoms would need to be utilized. Objective is to analysis needs to be done on initial stage, what exactly project needs?

Therefore, the design development phase focused on the design of a unitized system for the "floor-based twisted extruder" using double-curved insulating glass, straight or single-curved transoms, and single-curved mullions. The use of non-twisted profiles led to several rotations or deviations in the cross joint (where four units meet) as well as to varying angles between the glass unit and the load-bearing curtain wall profiles.

Questions to be asked before going manufacturing curved unitized panels:

1. can the current unitized component-based curtain wall systems' strategies be used for DGU curved facades?
2. what is theoretically possible with bent glass and aluminium framing for non-orthogonal buildings now or in the near future and what would be the most practical type of unit to develop?
3. how do the particularities of curtain wall unitized systems interact with the double curved glass and framing possibilities?