Traditional Swedish art glass in combination with new façade technology at “Kompassen” shopping mall.

SGS has been part of a 2-year development phase for this unique façade cladding.

The outer surface is made up of cast amber-colored glass in the shape of asymmetric pyramids with a base of 200mm. Each piece of cast glass weighs 3-4 kg, and there are 5,700 pieces in total! The glass has been manufactured at Målerås Glasbruk in Småland, where a lot of traditional Swedish glass is typically produced. The cast glass is mounted on mirror glass in the same way as an IG unit in order to make it shine and also to create an invisible fastening to the sandwich backing.

“The great cooperation between the client Vasakronan, Ågren Architect, glass artist Sofia Bergman, Målerås Glasbruk and SGS is what has made this possible” says Erik Stening, project manager at SGS.