Press Review
• Opening of the new bus center in Thiais
The whole is covered with a Ductal® skin and designed by the architects Emmanuel Combarel and Dominique Marrec.
www.batiforum.com – 29/06/07
• A bit of fresh air
Ductal® floor tiles creating modern atmospheres at F. Passaniti. 150 colors, plain, marbled or with designs.
Magazine Home – June / July 2007
• A night made of Concrete
Ductal® “Space” bed, fibred concrete by F. Passaniti.
Design @ Home Magazine – June / July 2007
• 10 projects for the Flagship Tower
Jacques Ferrier’s scalable tower – Two years of research on the “Hypergreen” concept in order to create this building which may change its facades, while keeping its structure. The tower has an elliptic shape and is covered with a load bearing metallic net coated with Ductal® mineral elements.
Architecture Méditerranéenne – June 2007
• A polychrome monolith for the new bus-center in Thiais
2 levels, rounded edges, a press points texture, “lego” style, all Ductal® coating for the bus-center of Thiais. Architects: E. Combarel & D. Merrec.
www.cyberarchi.com – June 2007
• Living in the Val-de-Marne
The new bus-center of Thiais (architects : Emmanuel Combarel & Dominique Marrec / ECDM) is fully “dressed” with Ductal®, an ultra high performance concrete developed by Lafarge. This concrete is 6 to 8 times more resistant than a traditional concrete.
Le Parisien – 27/06/07
• Ductal® concrete regulating the thermal atmosphere of the Clichy-la-Garenne swimming pool
Total replacement of the main façade and creation of Ductal® exterior sunshades. Enia Architecture – Manufacturer : Betsinor
Revue Technique du Bâtiment – 20/06/07
• Proper bedding for beauty sleep
Wool mattress on a Ductal® base, an ultra high performance concrete. Space bed. Designer : Francesco Passaniti.
Le Journal de la Maison – June 2007
• Deco made in France
A Ductal® and sheet iron pedestal table at Tolix. Diam. 60 cm
Avantages – June 2007
• Picture of the Ductal® Ellen Bookcase
F. Passaniti.
AD – June 2007
• Towards the sustainable and ecological
The street furniture has to be perfectly integrated in its environment. The designers may play on shapes and materials. The manufacturer Azuly used Ductal®, an ultra high performance concrete, for his street furniture range “Swing”. 10 colors.
Réseau – May/June 2007
• The theory of black
A bench of Ductal®, a high performance concrete. Design Chabaud Lévêque. Compagnie.
Le Journal de la Maison – May 2007
• Out of sequence, zen and so chic concrete
A collection of graphic tiles (floors and walls) from F. Passaniti. Cloth and leather look. Standard or made to measure format.
Le Journal de la Maison Supplément – May 2007
• Ceramic tiles : the creativity in large formats
Graphic tiles and Ductal® cement floor tiles from Francesco Passaniti. Matt, satiny, glossy, smooth or structured aspect. More than 100 colors.
Les cahiers Techniques du Bâtiment – May 2007
• Concrete street furniture with wavy lines
A collection of 5 ultra high performance concrete (Ductal®) : a small stud, a bump post, a bench, a basket and window boxes. Resistant to abrasion, to pressure and compression. Product : Swing – Manufacturer : Azuly
Le Moniteur : May 2007
• The Designs
Ductal® innovative surfacing. Plain or glossy tiles, marbled or covered with designs. Francesco Passaniti.
Option Cuisine/Salle de Bains – May 2007
• Ductal® Floor tiles, an ultra high performance concrete
The surface is smooth or structured (animal skin, lace, textile…) 150 colors. Matt, satiny or glossy finishing.
Le Moniteur – May 2007
• Work tops laying : a real specialization
Concrete work top made by Francesco Passaniti in Ivry (94).
L’officiel des cuisinistes – May 2007
• Concrete seduction, the material of all pleasures
Picture of the Ellen bookcase, inspired from a Mondrian painting. Picture of the Flight table, encrusted with optical fibers. Both are made of Ductal®, a Lafarge ultra high performance concrete. F. Passaniti Workshop.
Decoeconewsletter – May 2007
• Concrete is bench great for everything
Ductal® tiles from Lafarge Ciments. 150 colors. Compact concrete.
Consomaison – May 7 to 13, 2007
• Interior concrete
Francesco Passaniti’s workshop launches new Ductal® original designs (fibred concrete). Ellen Bookcase picture.
Futur e maison.com – April/June 2007
• When the wall becomes an accessory
Picture of wallboard made of Lafarge Ductal® light concrete. Francesco Passaniti workshop.
Maison Française – April/May 2007
• Fancy quarry tiles
Even if the sandstone still has the first position in our bathrooms, the latter is experiencing new materials : concrete, cement and glass. A concrete decoration – Concrete is back in a big way. This is F. Passaniti’s explanation who uses Ductal® the Lafarge ultra high performance concrete, for his coatings (wallboards and floor tiles). Ductal® is twice as much resistant as the traditional concrete but thinner and thus lighter.
Rénovation – April/May 2007
• The Spring of concrete
Picture of the Ellen Bookcase by Francesco Passaniti.
Ambiance Maison et Jardin Décoration – April/May 2007
• A new Ductal® skin gives a modern-looking to Orly Airport
The Paris Orly West Terminal reception hall and parkings are renovated with walls, pillars and barges (sills) coated with plain or curvilinear Ductal® fibred concrete panels. The new concrete reveals many virtues : light, solid but particularly resistant, durable, ductile and easy to maintain…
Les Cahiers Techniques du Bâtiment – April 2007
• Materials
Today concrete allows the manufacturing of showers and solves the problems of joints. Ductal®, a Lafarge ultra high performance concrete is available in several colors, as well as in matt, satin or bright finish. A water repellent treatment makes it a long lasting material.
L’Hôtellerie restauration supplement – April 2007
• New products
Ductal®, a concrete with a fibred cement matrix, allowed the fixing on the façade of Clichy swimming pool, exterior sunshades creating a thermal regulation of the building.
Maires de France – April 2007
• Architecture & Technique
Urban furnitures with corrugated lines made of Ductal®, 5 elements. Product : Swing. Manufacturer : Azuly.
Le Moniteur – April 6th 2007
• New construction materials
It is speeding up in the construction field, thanks to the new materials which main assets are the energy saving and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Lafarge launched, in cooperation with l’Ecole des Ponts of the Ecole Polytechnique, the creation of a chair in “The Science of Materials for Sustainable Construction”. Lafarge multiplies the innovative products ranging from construction to furniture including bridges and footbridges.
Batiproduits.com – April 3rd 2007
• A decoration full of color
Picture of the “Ellen” bookcase by F. Passaniti made of colored concrete cubes.
S’installer – April 2007
• A solid material
The Francesco Passaniti Atelier presents floor slabs and wallboards, as well as counter tops, a bookcase, a bed… all made of Ductal®. Unseen texture and colors.
S’installer – April 2007
• Decorative concretes
Ductal® boards, a high resistance and ductile concrete, may be used as floor or wall coating. 160 colors. Choice of textures : relief, imitation materials etc…
D’Architectures – April 2007
• A concrete idea
Concrete goes into decoration. After the architects, concrete seduces the general public with its smoothness and its large pallet of colors. Just like Ductal® which combines resistance and light thickness.
Jasmin – April 30th 2007
• Hypergreen, an ecologic skyscraper
Fancied by the architect Jacques Ferrier, this tower is covered by a Ductal® net, and perfectly integrates all megalopolis and produces 70% of the energy it consumes.
La Tribune – April 18th 2007
• On the Concrete Side
Both the Bus Center in Thiais, and the extra thin sunshade of the swimming pool in Clichy La Garonne are a tribute to slenderness. They are both made of Ductal®.
Le Moniteur – April 6th 2007
• New concretes plough their furrow
Thanks to a partnership between Lafarge, Bouygues and Rhodia, the Ductal® BFUP, an ultra high performance concrete was launched in 1998. It combines structural and architectural qualities, durability and ease at implementation.
Le Moniteur – April 6th 2007
• A technical day for reinforced concrete
This day aimed at presenting Ductal® to the construction public works professionals, an ultra high performance concrete developed by Lafarge Ciments.
Le Républicain Lorrain – April 27th 2007
• The revival of concrete
Lafarge Ciments and Francesco Passaniti launch together a batch of floor slabs and wallboards as well as counter tops, a bookcase and a bed all made of Ductal®, an ultra high performance concrete composed of a fibred cement matrix.
Bricomag – April 2007
• Concrete’s breakthrough in the interior design
The arrival of the ultra high performance concretes allowed F. Passaniti, interior decoration designer, to develop new applications. Shapes are original, very thin, particularly light and extremely resistant.
Sols Murs Plafonds – April 2007
• Cleanliness in environment
Swing, a collection of urban furniture made of Ductal®. BMI Company. Designer F. Passaniti.
Le Moniteur – April 2007
• Back to the future.
Presentation of Jacques Ferrier’s project during the competition for the flagship tower of la Défense. This project is an extension of his approach started with Hypergreen, and is based on the same broad principles, i.e. a structure divided into a central core and a steel net covered with Ductal®, an ultra high performance fibred concrete.
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui – March/April 2007
• Picture of the bench “Compagnie” at Edition Compagnie.
Designer Chabaud Lévêque. A Ductal® seat on a wood or metal pedestal.
Clés Maison – March/April 2007
• Concrete Sunshade for glassed in façades.
The main façade of the Clichy La Garonne (92) swimming pool was just renovated. It is protected by Ductal® external sunshades, which combines lightness and solidity.
5 Façades – March/April 2007
• Two thousand years of concrete
Already used in Roman times, concrete has been then neglected until the 19th century when it came back with the invention of the Portland Cement and metal reinforcement. During the second half of the 20th century, this new concrete lost its nice image and became synonym of bad taste, however the new technological wizardries will restore to this material its “Patent of Nobility”. Ductal®, Lafarge Ultra High Performance concrete, is composed of organic fibers, allowing exceptionally thin shapes, it is highly resistant to compression and bending.
Eos Sciences – March/April 2007
• News & Files
Various articles on the Hypergreen project, the facade of the swimming pool of Clichy and the achievements of F. Passaniti.
CyberBTP.com – N° 121 - March/April 2007
• A garden design
Picture of a Ductal® bench (high performance concrete) and steel from Compagnie. Design Chabaud Lévêque.
Maison magazine – March/April 2007
• Shopping
Picture of the bench from Compagnie at Edition Compagnie (design Chabaud Lévêque). Ductal® seat, wooden, concrete or metal base. Several colors are possible.
Les clefs de la Maison – March/April 2007
• Concrete, the grey eminence !
A small lexicon of the new High Performance and the Ultra High Performance Concretes, Ductal®, the fishnet concrete… Interview with Michel Pagliosa from l’Atelier du Béton.
Cuisines & Bains – March/April 2007
• What is the future of the UHPC ?
Opinions are different according to the utilization of the Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC), be it in Civil Engineering, in façade dressing or in furniture.
Béton(s) – March/April 2007
• The arch in all its shapes
Arch bridges are back to the forefront. New materials like Ductal® the Ultra High Performance Concrete from Lafarge, allow increasingly larger bays.
Le Moniteur – March 30th, 2007
• Hypergreen : a fishnet concrete for an ecological tower
Hypergreen : a concept for a tower developed by the architect Jacques Ferrier with the partnership of the Group Lafarge. This tower designed for mega-cities covers 70% of its own needs in energy. Its originality lies in its gigantic fishnet coating. This fishnet is precast in Ductal®, a concrete allowing to withstand 4 times more traction than an ordinary concrete, and which can be precast, hence its strong significance for the heavy urbanized environments.
Les Echos/Supplément – 28/03/2007
• Four towns seduced by the ecological tower of Jacques Ferrier
The « Hypergreen » tower concept developed by Lafarge and the architect Jacques Ferrier, raised the interest of Shanghai, Dubai, Seoul and… Issy-les-Moulineaux. The fishnet façade would be made out of Ductal® prestressed elements.
Le Moniteur – 02/03/2007
• Picturing product news …
After the bathroom , Francesco Passaniti tries the design of the kitchen with work plans in Ductal®, ultra high performance fibred concrete. Adapted in 160 colors.
L’officiel des cuisines – March 2007
• New materials for construction
Things are speeding up in the building sector : new materials with a strong technological content are born, raising Lafarge interest since several years. As a proof : its concrete Ductal®, a fibred concrete that combines resistance, ductility and longevity.
Les Cahiers Techniques du Bâtiment – March 2007
• It is concrete !
Picture of the table « Flight » and bookcase « Ellen ». Picture of the bench « Compagnie » from Chabaud et Lévêque.
La Vie Immobilière – March 2007
• Passion according to Passaniti
Interview with Francesco Passaniti, Designer and user of Ductal®, an ultra-high performance concrete, commercialized in France by Lafarge Ciments.
Le Journal de la Maison – March 2007
• Technical News
Francesco Passaniti’s shop promotes a large number of its most classical productions (floor tiles, wallboards) and creates new designs : counter top, space bed ….
Everything designed with Ductal®, an ultra-high performance fibred concrete, allowing to play with shapes, colors and designs.
Journal Bâtiment et TP en Rhône Alpes – March 2007
• Decoration
Ductal® tubs and shower basins collection from Dabadabada.
Maisons Côté Sud – February/March 2007
• Green Architecture grows from the soil
The building sector takes up ecology. This has been possible, among other things, thanks to the innovation in the materials such as Ductal®, a concrete created by Lafarge, Bouygues and Rhodia. A variant of this material, the Ductal® FO contains organic fibers.
An ecologically responsible tower “Hypergreen”, made of Ductal®, has also been designed by Lafarge in partnership with the architect Jacques Ferrier.
CB News – 26/02/07
• Work your home with concrete
Concrete is increasingly used in the interior design, designers are full of imagination and creativity.
Maison à part – February 2007
• Concrete puts on a thousand virtues
Today concrete may be a depolluting, self-cleaning and even self-cicatrizer agent such as Ductal®, a fibred concrete with a high mechanical strength. In the near future, concrete could be more liquid, and even completely recyclable, depending on the march of science.
L’expansion – February 2007
• A Concrete Decoration
Concrete gains ground. F. Passaniti uses Ductal®, a material more resistant and lighter than the traditional concrete, to make panels and slabs for walls and floors.
Maison & Salle de Bain (HS) – January 2007
• Concrete innovations
“Flight” table designed by Francesco Passaniti. This design has been made with optical fibers integrated in the Ductal® made tabletop. Size and color according to preference.
“Sil” washbasin by Dabadabada. Anne Durand & Patrick Millet design. Ductal® furniture, basins, sinks, tilling… 9 colors. Colored within the volume.
Architecture à vivre – January 2007
• Bookcase Products
Ellen bookcase designed by F. Passaniti. It is adjustable and composed of long gray shelves and colored cubes of various shapes and colors, all made of Ductal® (an ultra high performance concrete).
Architecture à vivre – January 2007
• Concretes
For 5 months the Musée des Arts et Métiers de Paris, hosted the exhibition “Béton : étonnez-vous !” in cooperation with Lafarge. The aim of this exhibition was to inform the largest number of people about the possibilities offered by this material.
The floors, inside walls and furniture displayed are made of Ductal®.
AMC – January 2007
• Lafarge Hypergreen Tower for sustainable cities
The architect J. Ferrier developed with Lafarge Group, a concept of an environmentally friendly tower thanks to the materials and techniques used. The tower grid skin façade built with the ultra high performance concrete Ductal®, allows solar light control and horizontal stability of the tower. Its construction and dismantling participate to respect the environment : the precast structure reduces the time spent on the worksite for its construction and avoids noise annoyance and dust emissions during dismantling works.
BTP January 2007
• A Ductal® motorway bridge in the United States
This first motorway bridge is composed from three 33 m high beams made of ultra high performance concrete, result of the a collaboration between FHWA & MIT. The construction of a second bridge is under study.
Le Moniteur – 26/01/07
