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, Session Block B1

13:30 New Forms of Concrete for the Building Envelope

Chair: David Artigas, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, New York, United States

Reinforced polymer concrete screen walls

  • A new system for seismically reinforcing breeze block walls
  • Case study for polymer concrete as façade material
  • Details, mock-ups, and performance testing

Becher Neme, Neme Design Studio, Los Angeles, United States

Carbon-concrete façades: Design meets sustainability

  • Sustainability aspects: Steel vs. carbon
  • CO2 and resource savings
  • Case studies

Michael Gowans, solidian, Germany

Dissolving the façade - Lyon Part-Dieu

  • Evaporate GRC panels
  • Transparency and permeability
  • Integrating the building into the surrounding urban fabric

Daniel Diez Ausias, MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands

14:30