19 & 20 June 2024 - TU Delft - The Netherlands
Mirage - Apple Park - by Katie Paterson and Zeller & Moye - Photographer: Iwan Baan
Challenging Glass is an international bi-annual conference that aims at gathering world class designers, engineers, researchers and industry partners to discuss on the architectural and structural use of glass. The conference is organised by Christian Louter (TU Delft), Freek Bos (TU Munich) and Jan Belis (UGent) and has been held at TU Delft, EPFL and Ghent University. The upcoming edition, Challenging Glass 9, will be hosted by Christian Louter, James O'Callaghan, Mauro Overend & Fred Veer and will be held on Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 June 2024 at the Aula Congrescentrum at TU Delft.
Architectural Glass Design Cast Glass Glass & Adhesives | Glass Circularity Glass in Fire | Insulating Glass Units | Standards ... and more! |
PC Hooftstraat 138 - UNStudio - Photographer: Eva Bloem
photographer:
Sam Rentmeester
Dr. Faidra Oikonomopoulou & Dr. Telesilla Bristogianni
TU Delft - The Netherlands
Dr. Faidra Oikonomopoulou and Dr. Telesilla Bristogianni are both Assistant Professors at the Architectural Engineering + Technology Department, at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. They have conjointly initiated and developed the research on structural cast glass at TU Delft, with particular focus on innovative structural and architectural applications of cast glass components, on glass recycling and on defining the strength of cast glass.
Alexandros Cannas, Dipl.-Ing. CEng MICE
Eckersley O'Callaghan - United Kingdom
Alexandros Cannas is a structural engineer, with experience working on numerous complex structures made with glass, steel, cables and carbon fibre for buildings and other marine applications. He has an affinity for developing details that are functional but minimalist at the same time. Alexandros is Associate Director at Eckersley O'Callaghan.
Dr. Peter Zoon
Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) - The Netherlands
Dr. Peter Zoon is a seasoned forensic scientist with over 15 years of experience, specializing in Microtraces & Materials at the prestigious Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI). Within the division of chemical and physical traces, he serves as the subject matter lead for forensic glass analysis. He is a senior member of the Microtraces & Materials group, where he dedicates his expertise to both forensic casework and research & development.
photographer:
Chloé Lambert
Prof. Corentin Fivet
Structural Xploration Lab - EPFL - Switzerland
Prof. Corentin Fivet is associate professor of architecture and structural design at EPFL (Switzerland). Under his direction, the Structural Xploration Lab is a front-runner in developing optimization algorithms, construction methods, and groundbreaking full-scale prototypes that pioneer the reuse of discarded load-bearing components in new building structures. Since April 2024, he is also the Academic Director of the Smart Living Lab, a cross-disciplinary research centre for the future of the built environment.
Conference programme
The conference programme contains presentations by glass experts from around the world, including keynote presentations in plenary sessions and over 100 paper presentations in four parallel sessions. Many networking opportunities are provided during the breaks, the conference dinner and the related social activities.
Mekelweg 5, 2628 CC Delft, The Netherlands
Delft can be reached by train and/or via the airports Schiphol (Amsterdam) and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (Rotterdam).
Registration type | Until 30 April 2024 | From 1 May 2024 |
Participant / Presenter | € 545 | € 595 |
PhD-student | € 445 | € 495 |
BSc or MSc students interested in attending the conference are requested to contact the organisation.
Glass Pavilion - Dr Rena Giesecke - Digital Building Technologies - ETH Zurich - Photographer: Evangelos Roditis
If you have received a positive response to your previously submitted abstract, you are now invited to submit your full paper following the instructions below. Please contact the organisers to discuss the possibilities to still submit an abstract in case you have previously missed the opportunity to do so.
Please follow the steps below to submit your abstract.
1. Download the Paper Template to write your abstract.
2. Log in at the CGC Proceedings platform.
3. Upload your paper as a revision of your previously submitted abstract.
Extended abstract deadline – 4 December 2023
Abstract review notification – 29 December 2023
Paper submission deadline – 15 March 2024
Paper review notification – 15 April 2024
Paper revision deadline – 30 April 2024
3D-Printed Glass - Mediated Matter Group - MIT
Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology
Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich
Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University
Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology
Prof. James O'Callaghan – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology
Dr Fred Veer – Delft University of Technology
Dr Chiara Bedon – Trieste University
Prof. Jan Belis – Ghent University – chair
Prof. Lucio Blandini – University of Stuttgart
Dr Freek Bos – Technical University of Munich – chair
Dr Telesilla Bristogianni – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Suwen Chen – Tongji University
Prof. Paulo Cruz – University of Minho
Dr Jagoda Cupać – Technische Universität Dresden
Dr Corinna Datsiou – University of Hertfordshire
Dr Martina Eliášová – Czech Technical University in Prague
Prof. Michael Engelmann – Technische Universität Dresden
Prof. Steffen Feirabend – Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
Prof. Markus Feldmann – RWTH Aachen
Dr Laura Galuppi – University of Parma
Dr Rebecca Hartwell – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Christian Louter – Delft University of Technology – chair
Dr Stephen Morse – Michigan Technological University
Prof. Jürgen Neugebauer – FH Joanneum
Dr Jens Henrik Nielsen – Technical University of Denmark
Prof. James O'Callaghan – Delft University of Technology – chair
Dr Faidra Oikonomopoulou – Delft University of Technology
Prof. Mauro Overend – Delft University of Technology – chair
Prof. Jens Schneider – Technische Universität Wien
Prof. Christian Schuler – Munich University of Applied Sciences
Dr Miriam Schuster – Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dr Vlad Silvestru – ETH Zurich
Dr Bert Van Lancker – Ghent University
Dr Fred Veer – Delft University of Technology – chair
Cast Glass - Dr Telesilla Bristogianni - TU Delft
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