SentryGlas® by Kuraray was used to improve the load baring strength of a glass façade at the Enzo Ferrari Museum.

Designed by Jan Kaplicky and Andrea Morgante of Future Systems, London, the 78 m (256 feet) long, 45 m (148 feet) wide Enzo Ferrari Museum has a geometrical shape and high transparency. Italian engineering and architectural consultancy company Politecnica handled the façade design work.

The 11 m (36 feet) high cable-stayed glass façade is geometrically defined by two intersecting surfaces, inclined towards the interior of the building.

The façade is supported by a 3D-curved circular hollow steel girder, which runs the entire length (62 m, 36 feet) of the building.
This one metre diameter girder acts as a topside support for the cables of the façade. These cables not only support the glass units, but also transfer all the loads to the 3D-curved girder. A set of 32 mm (1¼") vertical stainless steel cables support the flat insulated glass units.

The glass make-up comprises a 10 mm (3/8") fully tempered glass pane on the outside, with two 6 mm (¼") heat strengthened glass panes laminated with 1.52 mm (60 mil) SentryGlas® interlayer on the inside.