Review of glass as partitioning material for sustainable interior solutions in Nigeria

In recent years, the advent of Post Modernism geared towards meeting human needs embraced the use of sophisticated building materials as a means of improving the flexibility of building interior spaces for optimum use. The need to maximize space for various purposes, a secure light transmission that enhances both light and vision, aesthetical transparency, with excellent acoustic control around a working area is invariably needed mostly in office buildings. Glass as a choice for this purpose is one of the discovered technological innovations for interior partitioning that is of light-weight and could be self-supported (or a glass panel with frames as a support for the glass). This paper takes a keen look at the inherent properties of glass that makes it a robust and sustainable solution for the interior design. The result will reveal and educate on the importance of glass panels’ internal partitioning technology in improving the workspaces and how well it relates to the building occupants and services control.