Oct 15

skråfoto_natt_mindre

Oct 15

skråfoto_mindre

Oct 5

I am proposing a new way of utilizing Litracon;

The prefab elements Litracon currently supplies is limited to:

BLOCK SIZES

Maximum block size:
600 x 300 mm
Standard block size:
600 x 300 mm
Thickness:
25-500mm

However, since I would like to utilize the material in a structural way, and ideally for horizontal floor elements, i propose that a whole element could be cast within a steel frame, and reinforced by steel wires, welded at the junctions to the frame, and arranged in a voronoi pattern.

With the fibreoptic wires laid out perpendicularly to the frame, light would be able to traverse several floors of my project at a near lossless lumen-value, with only the actual occlusion of solid objects darkening the whole program.

A quick sketch:

litracon_vegg copy

Oct 5

Thousands of optical glass fibres form a matrix and run parallel to each other between the two main surfaces of each block.  The proportion of the fibres is very small (4%) compared to the total volume of the blocks. Moreover, these fibres mingle in the concrete because of their insignificant size, and they become a structural component as a kind of modest aggregate. Therefore, the surface of the blocks remains homogeneous concrete.  In theory, a wall structure built from light-transmitting concrete can be several meters thick, because the fibres work without almost any loss in light up until 20 meters.  Load-bearing structures can be also built of these blocks, since glass fibres do not have a negative effect on the well-known high compressive strength value of concrete.  The blocks can be produced in various sizes and with embedded heat-isolation.

Stockholmwall01_HR

Stockholmwall03_HR

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CellaConstruction01_HR

Oct 2

Voronoi_innerom33 copy

Oct 2

Voronoi_innerom2 copy

Oct 2

Voronoi_innerom copy

Sep 16

Katakombe 19

Sep 12

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer

Sep 8

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