Expressive Polycarbonate: Creating Colored Translucent Facades

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Polycarbonate has become an alluring alternative to glass in facades, as it has different levels of translucency and can provide optimal transmission and diffusion of light. Moreover, it is light, flexible, recyclable, durable, resistant to impact, and includes UV protection, in addition to resisting temperatures between -40°C and 115°C. But beyond its functional properties, this thermoplastic also provides wide-ranging aesthetic opportunities, allowing architects to create unusually dynamic and expressive facades.

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Cite: Valenzuela, Catalina. "Expressive Polycarbonate: Creating Colored Translucent Facades" [Policarbonato expresivo: Diseñando fachadas translúcidas de color] 18 Jan 2021. ArchDaily. (Trans. Franco, José Tomás) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/950927/expressive-polycarbonate-creating-colored-translucent-facades> ISSN 0719-8884

Tetris Hotel / MVRDV. Image © Ossip van Duivenbode, Rodeca Systems b.v. Courtesy of Rodeca

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