Collectivity - Andrés Jaque - Blue Sky Urbanism: The Socio-Territoriality of Ultra-Clear

Blue Sky Urbanism: The Socio-Territoriality of Ultra-Clear

Andrés Jaque

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Looking out over lower Manhattan through Ultra-Clear Glass in Rafael Viñoly Architects, 432 Park Avenue, 2015. Source: artFido.

Collectivity
December 2019










Notes
1

Vitro Architectural Glass, Sustainable in Every Light, December 2017, .

2

“Global Ultra Clear Glass Market 2019 to 2023,” ReportsWeb, June 2019, .

3

Ibid.

4

“Glass Price Calculator,” Crystal Glass and Mirror Corporation, accessed September 21, 2019, .

5

“Global Ultra Clear Glass Market 2019 to 2023,” .

6

Vitro Architectural Glass, Starphire Technical Product Data, October 2017, .

7

Guardian Glass Industries, Guardian Clarity:  Anti-reflective Glass in Architectural Applications, 2016, .

8

“The Original Environmental Performer,” Vitro Architectural Glass, accessed September 21, 2019, .

9

Vitro Architectural Glass, “Sustainable in Every Light,” .

10

Steven Ralston, “Select Sands Begins Shipping Industrial Sand; Resource Estimate Increases 91%,” Seeking Alpha, May 10, 2016, .

11

Sally Younger, “Sand Rush: Fracking Boom Spurs Rush on Wisconsin Silica,” National Geographic, July 4, 2013, .

12

“Glass Manufacturing is an Energy-Intensive Industry Mainly Fueled by Natural Gas,” Today in Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 21, 2013, .

13

Vitro Architectural Glass, EPD Vitro Architectural Glass Flat Glass Products, July 2017, .

14

Ryan Cohn, interview with author, June 21, 2019.

15

Ibid.

16

Ibid.

17

Ibid.

18

John Szot, interview with author, June 17, 2019.

19

Ultra-Clear Glass is only visible in CGI through three features: residual blueish tones, rainbowy edges and reflections, and slight reflections and fake imperfections on the invisible glass surface. J. Cseh and S. Chappell, interview with author, June 19, 2019.

Research Team: Andrés Jaque, Marcos García Mouronte, Jesse McCormick, Eno Chen.

Collectivity is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism within the context of the “Collective City” thematic exhibition.