On October 22, 2026, Aser Giménez Ortega, Director Interior at MVRDV, will speak at Glasstec, an International Trade Fair for Glass, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Aser will discuss MVRDV’s experience with technology and sustainability in glass design, with examples of glass in luxury façades. Due to changing trends, these façades are often short-lived. Can recycling, historically at odds with the idea of luxury, reduce their impact?

Highlights include the Crystal Houses on Amsterdam’s high-end shopping street, which feature glass bricks, glass windows frames and glass architraves. A high level of craftsmanship was needed to make this innovative façade. The development of new construction methods unearthed additional possibilities for future building, such as the minimisation of waste materials.

The Bulgari Shanghai flagship store, informed by the history of both Bulgari and Shanghai, features a green, jade-like façade made from brass and recycled glass bottles. In Beijing, the Tiffany & Co. flagship store has a façade of curving, translucent glass fins. This façade is designed to be demountable, enabling the possibility for these components to be reused or recycled at the end of their lifespan.

• Date & time: October 22, 2026 - 15:00
• Location: Hall 11 C28 – Stage 3, Fair Ground Düsseldorf, Germany
• Find more information here.