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When technology serves architecture

 

Due to its unrivaled resistance properties and innovative deployment technologies, Ductal® gives architects and designers free reign for their creativity: pure, elegant mineral forms are now possible, as is the essential complexity of multi-functional elements, without compromising aesthetics.

Ductal®'s extremely high mechanical performances - resistance to compression and flexure, ductility - enable designers to increase spans, reduce the number of sections and eliminate passive reinforcing, or design cantilever structures that are not possible with conventional concrete. Furthermore, it enables structures of superior thinness with contemporary design features, but also with remarkably long life.

 

Ductal® is appreciated for its superior resistance to corrosion, abrasion, carbonation, impact and fire resistance. It is the perfect material for structures built in harsh environments (i.e., in a marine environment or industrial site), as well as public buildings that have strict requirements in terms of safety and maintenance.

 

For renovation work, Ductal® is is an excellent choice because it significantly reduces the weight of supported elements, which can be integrated into the existing structure without delicate, expensive and complicated reinforcement. Consequently, where structures have reached their limits, Ductal® can be used to build reinforcements without significant modifications to buildings or reducing useable space.

 

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The Atrium

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Ductal® - a New Era in High Performance Enveloppe Solutions

Living Wall Studio Competition Exhibit

Living Wall exhibit

Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) Gallery  

#100, 440 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

November 17, 2011 - January 9, 2012

 

A Learning Experience

This unique exhibit features entries from a recent Ductal® design competition sponsored by Lafarge North America, in collaboration with The University of British Columbia School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture (SALA). This "Heavy Studio" competition encouraged Master of Architecture students to explore the functional and aesthetic qualities of Ductal® and its ability to facilitate freedom of design and creativity with respect to living walls and other experiments in concrete. The exhibit centrepiece is the winning design - an innovative living wall concept titled "Cascading Biospheres", by Patrick Danielson and Sam Ostrow. The AIBC Gallery is free and open to the public Monday - Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.