Transparency and Sustainability

Glass, a fundamental element in 21st-century architecture and design, represents protection, transparency, and sustainability. Used across different areas of design, it offers the opportunity to play with transparency without altering its main physical and mechanical properties.

The discussion features: 

• Vincenzo Maria Sglavo, Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento

The Invisible Sustainable: Playing with Light Without Altering Matter. Glass represents the perfect paradox of contemporary architecture: a physical barrier for protection that must remain visually invisible.