3D-Glass - Highly effective bird protection, photovoltaics, design & more (lecture only accessible in German)
Rouven Seidler - SEEN AG

SEEN AG stands for extraordinary products and unique solutions in architecture, interior design and design. The SEEN Elements are the first complete in-house development and are used in combination with glass. Aluminum in two different versions (highly reflective and semi-reflective), titanium and titanium nitride are available as coatings. In addition, two color-changing variants are possible, which appear in blue-green or red-yellow depending on the viewing angle and incidence of light. Colored variants in combination with the highly reflective aluminum coating will be added to the range in the near future.

What they all have in common is the three-dimensional surface, which is particularly effective in combination with a light-absorbing back of the SEEN Elements. In this way, the interplay of light and reflective, three-dimensional surfaces creates exciting effects and lively facades. Different shapes and sizes, together with the combination of different surfaces within a laminated glass, allow a wide range of design options.

In addition to their design benefits, SEEN Elements also offer other advantages. For example, their use on glass facades achieves an extremely high effect as bird impact resistant glass. The 9mm dots with a distance of 90mm from dot center to dot center cover less than 1% of the glass surface. Nevertheless, the louvre tested in the WIN process is rated as highly effective in terms of bird protection. The other two louvers tested, 6/90mm and 3/50mm, cover significantly less area again, but still achieve an "effective" rating.

Two further advantages of SEEN Elements in terms of sustainability are the lower g-value compared to the usual screen printing solutions and the lamination of BIPV modules without significant loss of performance. This means that the visual appearance of these modules no longer stands in the way of their use in facades.

https://www.seen-ag.com/produkte/seen-elements/