dlam
Active Member
As this beauty reaches up in its final dramatic curve, a couple questions once again come to mind.
How the heck are they going to wash those upper windows?
They will have to be cleaned often. The the dirt and grime buildup on that angle is guaranteed.
I have often watched them cleaning the glass roof over across the way at the Galleria. The contraption they stand on to do it is permanent and appears quite convoluted and frankly a bit of an eyesore sitting at the eastern end of the arch when it is not in
use. Sure hope they have a better idea at LTower.
The second question for me is even more intriguing.
How are they going to prevent ice and snow buildup from sliding off to below?
That is a potentially dangerous problem that I can't possibly imagine what the solution would be.
Both very insightful points. I would surely hope the architectural firm has considered this design challenge.
For the first point, one thing I can think of to reduce cleaning on the windows is to apply a titanium dioxide window film that claims to be self-cleaning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-cleaning_glass)
Second point, I dont know how to keep snow or ice from accumulating. Since it is high up, I hope a wind study has been performed to understand the prevalent wind directions and see if the snow would likely blow off from changing wind directions. The building shape and orientation would be very important.