VACUUM INSULATED TUBES MODULAR, SELF-SUPPORTING EXTERIOR ENCLOSURE SYSTEM

This early research explores the potential of Vacuum Insulated Glass as a unitized building enclosure system. With particular emphasis on thermal performance, the research pursues a modular, evacuated, self-supporting, and solar collecting unit. This paper describes the visual, structural, and environmental attributes of the prototype, manufacturing considerations, and the multi-disciplinary computational approach which was taken to arrive at a schematic level proof of concept.