Case Studies

Most of these projects did not replace a single pane. Self-adhesive switchable film goes onto the existing partition, which is why the buildings stayed in use while it was done.

At GE Vernova the glass partitions were kept and made switchable across offices, a conference room and the boardroom, in a working office. At the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda the film went onto the existing partitions, giving conference rooms that close without new glazing. At Stanford it went onto the observation walls of surgical suites — privacy without curtains, and no area closed for construction. Summerwood kept its partitions and gained private offices that close at the wall, and a two-sided conference room at Vision Wealth closes in under a second from a handheld remote.

Not every project is an interior partition. DLC switchable film went onto the exterior storefront of the Titleist Performance Institute: daylight in the training rooms, no view in from the car park. At West Pharmaceutical the panels are cleanroom viewing windows — staff supervise from outside, and confidential work is screened. A Toronto investment firm specified glass that gives privacy on demand at Rw 35–36 dB and doubles as a rear-projection screen.