SIGNATURE VS1 DETAILS

Slanted Facades and Framing

VS1 is a standardized kit of parts that allows for an unprecedented level of design freedom in curtain wall design. Due, in part, to the simplicity of the components and lack of horizontal framing, VS1 mullions can be slanted in multiple directions. This can include in-plane slants (laterally within the same reference plane as seen in the Central Bank of Ireland VS1 façade and St. Regis) or inward/outward tilting façades as demonstrated in Red Bulls/Ft Wayne/Nippert. What’s more, both concepts can be combined at once for a multi-dimensional slant as shown in the Resorts World Casino and QA Tower.

Central Bank of Ireland, interior

Background Above: Earl Shapiro Hall at U. Chicago Lab School

VS1 Slanted Facades and Framing

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New York Red Bulls Training Complex

Designed by Gensler, installed by Clear View Architectural Metal & Glass

This training facility will bring the Red Bulls organization’s youth academy and professional programs together in one multi-use complex. VS1 has brought to life another design by the team at Gensler.

➤ Read more about these Gensler-designed glass curtain walls
➥ Long Span · Segmented Wall · Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A

Fort Wayne Airport

Designed by Mead & Hunt, installed by National Glass & Hardware

This VS1 installation achieves a 10-degree outward slant over a 29' span. VS1 needs minimal deviation from the standard details to accommodate unique designs such as this.

➤ Read more about this tilted “smart glass” curtain wall
➥ Electrochromic Glass · Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A

St. Regis Chicago

Designed by Studio Gang, installed by AGW.

At the base of the tower, a 10-story glass cube protrudes from the structure. A unique exoskeletal frustum geometry is achieved by the use of a two-way VS1 jumbo mullion structure with internal star nodes.

➤ Read more about this truly unique glass atrium curtain wall
➥ Complex Geometry · Exterior Mullions · Slanted Mullions ❍ VS1-A

QA Tower

Designed by Mrinmoy Consultants

The floor-to-floor rotation is 6.6 degrees, and the ground-to-roof rotation is nearly 90 degrees. The 11'8" by 3'11" panels are cold bent so that one corner is 5.3" off-plane from the other three.

➤ Learn more about this twisting glass tower facade
➥ Complex Geometry · Curved Glass ❍ VS1-A

Resorts World Casino

Designed by Perkins Eastman, installed by Massey’s Plate Glass & Aluminum

12.75"-deep exterior mullions are radially arranged to create a facade on an inverted conical surface with an elliptical base. The mullions are sloping in both section and elevation

V&A Museum Dundee

Designed by Kengo Kuma, installed by Glass Solutions UK

VS1 was used by Glass Solutions, a subsidiary of Saint Gobain, for seven facades on the exterior. Due to the building's location on the mouth of the River Tay, the walls were built to withstand large waves.

➤ Read more about these Kengo Kuma–designed facades
➥ Toggle Fittings · Triple IGU

Nippert Stadium at University of Cincinnati

Designed by Heery International, installed by Cupples Intl.

The curved geometry of the building called for a cladding system that responded to the transitional nature of the resulting surface geometry. VS1 solved the conditions.

Ryan Center at Northwestern University

Designed by Goettsch Partners, installed by Harmon

VS1 was used for two scopes at this music school on Lake Michigan: a fanning atrium wall and an acoustically isolated theater wall.

Central Bank of Ireland

Designed by Henry J. Lyons

Two atrium VS1 end walls transition into a glass roof to create a transparent spine to this civic building in Dublin. A dramatic triangular wall curtain wall geometry was developed with the architect.

➤ Read more about this feature atrium glass wall
➥ Complex geometry · Slanted mullions ❍ VS1-A110

Manhattan College Kelly Commons

Designed by Perkins Eastman, installed by Cherry Hill Glass

The feature curtain wall above the north entry to the building is a sloping wall—sill in, head out—with VS1 fittings mounted to steel framing.

➤ Read more about this glass curtain wall in The Bronx→
➥ Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A100

Uva Nestum Pool Enclosure

The Uva Nestum Wine & Spa in Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria features a VS1 pool enclosure. The installation is complex in its geometry, featuring sloping glass roofs and walls, and seamless all-glass transitions from wall to canopy.

➤ Read more about this all-glass pool enclosure in Bulgaria→
➥ Skylight · Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A110

Earl Shapiro Hall at University of Chicago Lab School

Designed by Valerio Dewalt Train, installed by Trainor Glass

Exterior bent aluminum perforated painted fins create a texture based on the Fibonacci sequence to communicate the educational purpose of the building.

➤ Read more about this unique glass building envelope
➥ Shading Elements · Complex geometry · Slanted Mullions ❍ VS1-A

SIGNATURE VS1 DETAILS

Slanted Facades and Framing

VS1 Slanted Facades and Framing

Skylights

Thermal Performance