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Insultating Glass of the Future
OKALUX Exhibits in the German Pavillon of the Expo 2010 in Shanghai
This year’s world exhibition, Expo, takes place from 1 May to 31 October 2010 in the busy metropolis of Shanghai. With the aim of a better life in the cities of the future, 240 participating nations and institutes will be dealing with relevant topics under the motto "Better City, Better Life”. If we want to maintain a viable environment worth living in, sustainable, integrative concepts for urban development are needed.
The insulating glass producer OKALUX has been developing intelligent, functional glass which supports sustainable and energy-efficient solutions for buildings for years. That is why OKALUX is exhibiting in the German Pavillon. With “balancity” – the city in balance – the German contribution presents ideas, plans, products and materials, which keep the balance between renewal and conservation, between urbaneness and nature, between globalization and national identity. The architects Schmidhuber + Kaindl ably epitomize this balance keeping. In the German Pavillon, interior and exterior, heaviness and lightness are intricately balanced. Conceived as a walk-in, three dimensional sculpture, visitors to the building enter the urbane world of experience over a terraced landscape. In theme worlds such as the “Suburbs”, the “Harbor” and “Agency of Urban Planning”, or the “Depot”, Milla & Partner present important technological, cultural, and civilizing German accomplishments.
Forward-looking key technologies and products are shown in the highly engineered “Factory” and are literally made “tangible” to the public. In addition to an interactive scanner station which illuminates the products to their core, all of the exhibits can be explored tactilely, felt and smelled. One of the exhibited products is the light diffusing insulating glass OKALUX+. The capillary slab in the cavity between the panes of this innovative functional glass not only ensures an especially even distribution of light into the interior, but also excellent heat insulation (U = 0.9 W/(m²K). OKALUX+ pays full tribute to the increasing awareness for sustainable and energy-efficient concepts. It is the insulating glass for the next generation.
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Yui & Takaharu Tezuka | Roof House
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Picturewall Exhibition Tezuka Architects - Erinnerte Zukunft at German Architectur Museum Frankfurt 09.05.09 - 28.06.09
DETAIL PREIS 2009
On January 14 the DETAIL Price was awarded in seven different categories during the DETAIL Gala at the Munich Hose of Artists. OKALUX GmbH was the sponsor of the glass catergory. The winner of the category glass:
TNA, Makoto Takei, Chie Nabeshima (Tokio,JP)
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