Transparent elevators

Construction technology for "panoramic" elevators

Transparent glass walls allow occupants to enjoy panoramic views as they ascend or descend between floors. This experience provides a sense of lightness and openness, combining functionality and aesthetics. The simple act of moving between floors provides the opportunity to contemplate the beauty of the surrounding space.

Scrapbook 1 - Italian Pavilion for the Universal Exhibition of Milan 2015 based on an architectural project by the Nemesi studio.
The two elevators are inserted inside a steel frame, all the mechanisms are left completely exposed. On the ground floor the structure is protected with structural glass panels.

Scrapbook 2 - Photographs of elevators inside various shopping centers, the transparent protective casing is made of structural glass panels. The anchors to the steel structure are via "spiders".

Scrapbook 3 - The elevator for going up and down from the Fuksas cloud. The elevator moves inside the structural cage with a panoramic view of the external and internal space at full height.

Scrapbook 4 - Panoramic elevator inside the Gran Reno Shopping Center in Casalecchio di Reno in the province of Bologna.

Scrapbook 5 - Glass elevator inside the MAST, a multipurpose center and exhibition space built in Bologna by the MAST Foundation of the same name, owned by entrepreneur and philanthropist Isabella Seragnoli.

Scrapbook 6 - External "panoramic" elevators

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See the video of how elevator doors work (uploaded from Youtube)