The project came to us in early planning stages. The architect and the aluminum contractor wanted to maintain the complex geometry of the tower but there was a problem: the cost of the work and the work time needed were too large and to needed to be reduced.

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After discussing with the clients we realized that rolling the glass is what makes the whole process more expensive.  We decided to try to align as many panels of as possible without changing the façade of the building. In addition, according to the characterization we realized that there is a certain angle of glass rolling that can be done on the site and would not increase the cost.

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We started by disassembling the shape into its simple geometrical components until we reached a shape consisting of a set of circles at different heights with tangent lines stretched between them. We understood the shape, and what our objectives are, and now we can start the optimization process.

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The parameters available to us were few and included mainly the size of the initial division of the panels. We decided to try three options. Eventually, each of the solutions presented to the clients had advantages and disadvantages, but they all answered more than 95% of the clients' requirements.

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The project is currently in advanced planning stages.

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The project was created at ParaGroup-Israel LTD.

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Client: AlumEshet

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Year: 2018

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Team: Lior Skoury, Shahar Abelson

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Role: Team leader and developer