Using glass bottles and float glass from the domestic and industrial waste stream, eluna provides ethical alternatives to natural stone, such as marble and granite, and man- made materials i.e. resin. Not only are the low carbon footprint, recycled glass bricks environmentally friendly, they are also extremely beautiful to both look at and touch.
Colour
Using no additives, colour depends on the choice of glass selected, but opacity, finish and visual effects can be carefully controlled via the size of cullet selected and the kilning process.
Form & Uses
Surfaces such as tiles, paviours, worktops, cladding facades and now also beautiful bricks to build walls are available in an expanded colour range. eluna offers a standard choice and bespoke solutions which can be produced as cast and polished forms to sizes up to 3 x 1 meter and to 20-50mm depth.
Examples of use in industry
In 2003 eluna secured its most prestigious order to date when it was contracted to produce three bespoke glass wall installations comprising 1600 individual glass sections for Kamakura house, Japan - a Foster & Partners Architects project.
Hothouse is the Free Form Arts Trust’s centre for regeneration through the arts and creative industries in London Fields, Hackney. The floor lighting provides a visual division between the entrance lobby and the large exhibition space, demonstrating how eluna glass can be used as under-lit flooring to delineate flexible space.
Technical
Using the ‘glassmaker’s curse’ (crystallization) as an advantage, the fusing of the cullet (chips of glass) during the kilning process creates a matrix with a fantastically strong bond – giving the glass bricks a compressive strength of up to 38 kN.
(A standard concrete paving slab has strength of 4 kN.)
How do you fix them?
As a general note Green Bottle Units glass products can be fixed as you would fix standard pavers and tiles. This may vary depending on circumstance and application. Below is a guideline to help you.
Please take care in handling of tiles and pavers because they are glass and if broken may have sharp edges.
Contact
Hothouse, London Fields, 274 Richmond Road, London E8 3QW
T: 020 7241 7474 F: 020 7249 8499 E: info@eluna.uk.com
www.eluna.uk.com
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