Abstract
With the increasing of requirement for atrium and public space in architecture, various glass facades have been constructed. The sense of transparency is pursued not only for glass material itself but also for its supporting system. Instead of traditional glass supporting system with mullion and sash, the combination of cable truss and "Dot Point System" recently become popular as a glass supporting system. This paper reports the new glass supporting system named "MJG (Minimum Joint Glazing)" instead of these Dot Point Systems. MJG is the system using a clamp which is able to pinch four glass panels at their corners with no hole, proposed by J. Schlaich. This new system is expected to product more attractive and transparent glass facades. This paper proposes a design method for glass panel by carrying out both experiments and analyses on the following items. (1) Structural characteristics of glass panel under wind-load. (2) Following behavior for out-of plane and relative story deformation of glass panel. (3) Proposal for new glass supporting structures considered of joint performance.
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