Glass cross
The unique 5.75m high glass cross at the end of the nave of the church acts as a subtle compositional counterbalance to the chapel with its opacity and colour. It is an element at the limits of the technological possibilities currently available in glass layering.
The shaft of the column is one of the largest pieces of such thick laminated tempered glass produced on a European scale.
Glass cross
The unique 5.75m high glass cross at the end of the nave of the church acts as a subtle compositional counterbalance to the chapel with its opacity and colour. It is an element at the limits of the technological possibilities currently available in glass layering.
The shaft of the column is one of the largest pieces of such thick laminated tempered glass produced on a European scale.
The cross, weighing over a tonne, is composed of three glass parts connected by a central coupling made of polished stainless steel. It is set into a massive pre-prepared shoe, anchored into the structure of the building deep below the floor of the presbytery. For safety reasons, the glass parts are made of laminated tempered glass with nine layers with embedded foils. Extra clear glass has been used, the subtle green colouring of the cross is given by the residual colouring of the glass together with the internal foils, which is evident at a given thickness of the profile (when using a different type of foil, a golden tint of colouring was an option but was not accepted by the architect).
Authors: Ing, arch. Jakub Žiška, Ing. Jakub Žiška, Ing. arch. Pavel Šmelhaus
Supplier: Zdeněk Lhotský, Martina Kulhavá – Studio Lhotský s.r.o.
Design and statics: Ing. Miroslav Špaček – HABENA spol. s r.o.
Glass Contractor: Evžen Rainer – OGB s.r.o.
Contractor of stainless steel elements: Design for All s.r.o.