Kuraray - Trosifol®’s Sentry Glas® ionoplast interlayer was used to for the Schubert Club Band Shell in Minnesota.

The Schubert Club Band Shell is a self-supporting and free standing sculptural structure of laminated glass incorporating SentryGlas® ionoplast interlayer. Located on Raspberry Island on the Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minnesota.

James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA) of New York used SentryGlas® ionoplast interlayers for the Band Shell because inspiring them to design an ethereal-looking laminated glass structure that can be beautifully illuminated at night.

According to James Carpenter: "Use of the interlayer allowed us to design a lightweight and delicate structure that floats like a volume of light on the Mississippi River." At the same time, the tough ionoplast means that the glass Band Shell is strong enough to withstand snow loads and Mississippi River flood-borne debris.

"The challenge was to design a delicate structure that could survive the long cold winters and high snow loads as well as occasional floods. The solution we designed consists of a sinuous, translucent, low-iron faceted laminated glass form that will not impede the flow of the river during flood season and also acts as a two-sided performance space.”