Applications and references
Ductal®’s qualities open the door to an infinite variety of innovative applications in civil engineering, structural reinforcement, contemporary architectural works and Design.
Several projects have already put Ductal® to use, providing valuable references.
LUNA coffee table made of Ductal®
With a perfect balance, LUNA tables, the newborn item of the Atelier TAPORO, lay gracefully in the Zebra Square lounges (famous Parisian restaurant).
The rounded shell of LUNA coffee table made of Ductal® has been designed in two dimensions (2 m and 2.5 m long) by the interior designer Alix de Dives.
The fineness and fluidity of this ultra high performance concrete allowed Taporo executing this oblong shape with a mineral aspect recalling a pirogue.
The Glenmore/Legsby pedestrian overpass
The Glenmore/Legsby pedestrian overpass is a single span, 53 m bridge stretching across 8 lanes of traffic, with two cantilevered, high performance concrete abutments and a drop-in, 33.6m T-section Ductal® girder. Installation was completed in just 8 hours.
With its superior surface finish, excellent resistance to harsh weather and low maintenance requirements, this bridge is considered a technical, aesthetic feat and a model for structures that have to withstand tough climates.
Press: PCI Journal (Sept-Oct/08) and Aspire (Bridge Design Awards Supplement_(Fall).
Architects/Engineers : Cohos Evamy
Cultural Center in Sedan : a light show made of Ductal®
The new youth and community centre of Sedan is wrapped with Ductal®. The panels are perforated with rounded designs of various sizes making a beautiful mix of internal lighting and sunshine while protecting the picture windows.
Architect : Philippe Gibert
Copyright : Philippe Gibert
Seconde nature
Martin Szekely "Concrete" Exhibition at the Galerie Kreo.
The project is composed of four pieces in Ductal® : a low table, a round table, a desk and a large table (our photo).
Copyright : Christoph Kircherer - Courtesy Galerie Kreo
Yves Saint Laurent puts on all Ductal®'s finery
The reopening of Yves Saint Laurent boutique, place Saint Sulpice in Paris, through a new architectural concept, designed by Alain Moatti & Henri Rivière Agency. Ductal® material have been used for the interior design : armchairs, ground floors, shelves ...
Copyright : Nicolas Borel
Renovation
Roofing panels for a clinker silo in Joppa (United States)
Three new clinker silos were built to upgrade the Joppa cement manufacturing facility in Illinois, USA. Two of the silos had conventional steel roofing, whereas the third was completed with Ductal®.
Structures
Anchor plates on Reunion Island
The project at Reunion Island involved stabilizing a retaining wall on the water’s edge, the entire length of the coastal road. The original support structure which reinforced the roadway, was built of precast building slabs and badly damaged.
