Rietveld Architects New York

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InHolland University Delft

Mockup at Octatube of the thinnest double glass facade in the world. The Kevlar tubes are for compression, the Aramid cables are for tension. The whole structure fits in the cavity of the double glass! The Aramid cables have 8 Ton of tension per cable, but, unlike steel cables, they never have to be re-tensioned. With Peter van de Rotten...