Özet:
Glass is a material that has been significantly increasing its role in architecture in recent
decades. Although glass is a material that can survive
long, as can be seen from the archaeological pieces in
many museums, in practice the glass structures that
built nowadays have a finite life time. A notorious
case is the original New York Apple Cube, which was
removed and replaced within several years of original
completion.Whatever the eventual lifetime of the structure, there will be a point where the structure needs
to be demolished. This introduces critical questions
about the relation between ecological impact and the
demolition methods and procedure. This paper looks
at the eco-impact of different end of life scenarios of
glass structures, using the Haarlem glass cube as a
well-documented example to determine the differences
between various ends of life scenarios.
