The simple solution of 'Death' burns customers at the Vdara hotel

On hot days, the temperature of the area around the lake can increase by about 9 degrees Celsius. Even a customer said on Instagram that the temperature around the lake area in June 2016 was up to 42 degrees C.

In 2010, some customers staying at the Vdara Hotel (Las Vegas) said they were sunburned because . this building.

Hotel Vdara (Las vegas).

The curved design of the building caused a reflection of the sun , which was named "Death Ray" by the people because it was too hot. It is known that the glass on this 57-storey building acts as a giant magnifying glass, converging the sun image into the pool area below.

However, the hotel offers a fairly simple solution: a sunshade . The hotel staff installed a lot of green boxes in the area around the lake to protect customers. The hotel representative said there was no record of any reflected solar burns since the first incident in 2010.

The umbrellas have reduced the reflection of the sun in the pool.

Although the umbrellas have calmed it down, the problem still doesn't end there. In 2013, a customer rated the hotel on the Yelp site: "Although I was not affected by Vdara's death , the path near the pool was very hot, and there was a lot of strong wind." In May 2016, a customer wrote on the TripAdvisor page that: "The hotel is great but the rumors of death are not wrong" , he posted two photos of him sunburned on his thighs.

When the hotel was built in 2008, workers glued insulation films to 3000 glass panels facing the lake to reduce the reflected solar intensity, but it was still not enough to cool the pool area. . The first complaint occurred in 2010 when a customer said he had sunburn on the top of the head, in addition to the death ray also melting a plastic bag next to him.

Workers stuck insulation film on 3000 glass panels facing the lake to reduce the reflected sunlight intensity.

A tower in London (UK), also designed by the architect of the Vdara hotel, also suffered the same phenomenon. It is nicknamed "Walkie Talkie" and it has melted cars, bike saddles, carpet burners, etc. In addition, a 2015 report said it also created a phenomenon of ventilation tunnels that swept the signs. around.

"I know this phenomenon will happen but at the time I lacked the tools to correctly diagnose the problem. At first I thought the reflected sunbeam temperature was only about 36 degrees Celsius, but it turned out to be 72 degrees Celsius, " said Rafael Viñoly, the architect who designed the two buildings.