From the Millau viaduct to the Oviedo conference center via the Peace footbridge in Seoul, the list of bold architectural projects is endless.
These strikingly avant-garde structures owe as much to Lafarge's technological expertise as to the work of architects.
Challenge #6: beautiful constructions, more comfortable for longer |
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Sustainable construction also means comfortable and beautiful construction.
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Last update on 10/29/2009
Creative freedom |
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Zaha Hadid, architect: "I love working with curves as I think that visually it is a way of simplifying the structure, enabling more complexity to be expressed without smothering or clogging up the visual scene. I like exploring its fluidity, its fineness, as I am currently doing with Ductal®." |
Improving urban life |
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Marc Mimram, architect-engineer: "An infrastructure, a bridge for example, is often seen as a necessary evil, a blot on the landscape. But it can create a link. Concrete is now a hi-tech material which makes it possible to explore freer and more ambitious designs than were traditionally possible." |
Our solutions to this challenge |
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Testimonial 1 : Artevia®: long-lasting decorative concretes
Artevia®
is a range of decorative concretes specially designed for interior and exterior
use and offering great creative freedom.
Artevia® products combine design and performance:
- These concretes provide surfaces which resemble polished marble, natural dressed stone or the rustic appearance of sand, not to mention a wide range of patterns (tiles, slabs, etc.)
- Their formulation gives them an excellent adaptation to complex shapes, makes them fast to install, simple to maintain and very hard wearing.
Testimonial 2 : Synia®: a plasterboard for a perfect finish
Launched in 2004, Synia® is the first plasterboard with 4 tapered edges. The product's
technical specifications guarantee complete flatness of ceilings and large
vertical partitions.
Compared with traditional plasterboard which only has
2 tapered edges, Synia® provides a perfect finish. Once the sheets are painted or wallpapered, the seams are
invisible to the naked eye, even under low-angled lighting.
And it is very easy to use, with all 4 edges of each sheet tapered to
simplify installation and save time on the worksite.
Testimonial 3 : Ductal®: for architectural bold projects
Ductal® is an ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced
concrete. Its ductility gives it
exceptional capacities for stretching, extending, bowing and twisting. Ductal®
can be used equally to construct apartment blocks, more design-led buildings or
more aesthetic projects.
The characteristics of this concrete make it indispensable for bold
architectural projects such as the Peace Footbridge in Seoul
(Korea)
and the Pont du Diable footbridge in the Hérault department (France), both by architect Rudy
Riocciotti with ultra-thin decks made from Ductal®.
