| Inside Munich's Olympiapark is the four-cylinder" | | | | This effect is attained through the help of an |
| building which has helped create public awareness of | | | | extremely thin, burned in titanium oxide coating. The |
| BMW for many years now. This is where the BMW | | | | unique way in which light is refracted with reflection |
| Group gets all the ideas in the more than 150 | | | | and transmission also played a very important role. |
| countries it operates in. Therefore, this is also were | | | | The optical interference coated mineral glass serves |
| BMW 325i parts are being conceptualized. | | | | as a mirror, giving a silvery, esthetic brilliance in front |
| Just in time for the Olympic Games in 1972, Karl | | | | of a dark surface. But suddenly becomes transparent |
| Schwanzer, an architecture professor from Vienna, | | | | in front of a light background or backlighting. |
| completed the building. It consists of more or less | | | | Günter Bauer, the Managing Director of Bauer |
| four 100 meter high cylinders that are positioned | | | | innovativ GmbH in Altötting, Germany, said |
| crosswise. It was subjected to complete renovation | | | | Mirona is truly something very special as regards its |
| and modernization measures from 2004 to 2006. The | | | | lighting performance, color and processing capabilities. |
| reinventions were supervised by the Hamburg based | | | | He added that the ability of this glass to appear |
| architectural firm ASP Schweger Assoziierte | | | | transparent on the one hand, though it serves as a |
| Gesamtplanung GmbH. | | | | reflective surface on the other, enabled them to |
| The decision was also aimed at redesigning the | | | | incorporate the monitors into the conference room in |
| conference rooms. Plans required installing many huge | | | | a more temperate manner. Bauer's company was the |
| format TV monitors in one of the rooms, without | | | | one responsible for the construction of the tables for |
| allowing them to become distracting to the persons | | | | use in the conference room. |
| having conferences. So in order to suffice the needs | | | | SCHOTT product manager Stephan Pfaff explained |
| of this challenge, a total of 40 square meters of the | | | | that the functional metamorphosis from glass to a |
| specialized glass "Mirona" from SCHOTT were | | | | mirror offers huge potential for premium quality |
| mounted onto the front side of the tables. This | | | | applications, specifically interior decorators, designers |
| surface serves as a mirror, for as long as the | | | | and shop fitters. He further explained that lighting |
| monitor behind the pane is turned off. But once the | | | | fixtures, partitions or basic mirrored wall paneling can |
| monitor is turned on, the glass provides a crystal | | | | be turned into elegant design objects at a press of a |
| clear view of the screen. | | | | button with the help of Mirona. |