Glass Bridge Presentation at Eventscape NYC during NYCxDesign

Eventscape recently participated in research with the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory at UPenn’s Weitzman School of Design that investigates the application of Polyhedral Graphic Statics in the design of lightweight glass structures. In this educational presentation, participants involved in the study will discuss the fabrication, assembly, and load-bearing capacity of a compression-dominant glass bridge constructed by the dry assembly of hollow glass units.

The full scale prototype will be on display and a research presentation will start at 6:30 PM EST. Attendees will have an opportunity to view the glass bridge prototype and learn how the researchers addressed the challenges related to building a large-scale structure using glass as the primary structural system.

Panelists:

Nader Tehrani – Dean of Cooper Union & Principal of NADAAA

Catie Newell – Associate Professor & Director of MSc in Digital & Material Technologies University of Michigan

Nat Oppenheimer – Executive Vice President & Senior Principal of Silman

Gareth Brennan – President and Founder of Eventscape

Masoud Akbarzadeh – Assistant Professor & Director of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory University of Pennsylvania

Joseph Yost – Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Villanova University

Mohammad Bolhassani – Assistant Professor City College of New York

Yao Lu - PhD Student at University of Pennsylvania