Tailor made

1. glassblock Seves Glassblock lines DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION INNOVATION Tailor made TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

2. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION INNOVATION Glass is the key of everything. The transparency is to create intimity which lets the light come in. Renzo Piano TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

3. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION INNOVATION • 6,000 m2 multi-use building • Very narrow plot less than 12m wide, 13 storeys high • 15,000 glass blocks used for facade TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

4. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION INNOVATION • 2 types of glass blocks have been designed: • 1- extraordinarily large glass block (ever produced before): • 42,8x42,8x12 cm • ¼ of original Hermes foulard TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

5. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION INNOVATION 2- One side straigth and one side curved: 24x21x12 cm ¼ of Hermes special edition block TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

6. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION INNOVATION Special “wings” create an edge that protrudes more than traditional blocks and can “conceal” the joints between adjacent blocks. TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

7. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION As a result, support structures “dissapear” making surfaces appear extraordinaly “light”. TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

8. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION Furthermore, special metalized paint around the borders! TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

9. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION This gives the walls a silver reflection and creates refined, elegant and unifrom surfaces. TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

10. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

11. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

12. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

13. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

14. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

15. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

16. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

17. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

18. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

19. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

20. glassblock Maison Hermes, Tokyo / Japan INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

21. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION to create a sensuous, and watery form as a language for the architecture. Belen Moneo & Jeff Brock TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

22. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION Like the shingles or clapboards of Northern European or North American façade construction in wood, it would protect itself from the assault of strong rains and snow that frequently soak the Panticosa site TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

23. 300 80 300 130 glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION The Panticosa Block was designed as the principal façade material for the Palacio Termal in Panticosa, in the Spanish Pyrenees of Huesca, close to the border with France. TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

24. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION it is not attenuated but block-like, with its 8.500 square meter program distributed on five floors, with some spaces reaching interior heights of 11 meters. TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

25. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION Trapezoidal 30x30x8/13 cm Weigth: 7,5 Kg TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

26. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION Installed with tradional laying method TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

27. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

28. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK

29. glassblock Palacio Termal, Panticosa / Spain INNOVATION DESIGN TECHNOLOGY BASIC INNOVATION TAILOR MADE TAILOR MADE PEGASUS SOLARIS VITRABLOK