Light transmitting concrete
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Three years ago, Hungarian architect �ron Losonczi invented LiTraCon, the first light transmitting concrete. A wall made of LitraCon has the strength of traditional concrete but thanks to an embedded array of optical glass fibers, view of the outside world, such as the silhouette of trees, houses and passersby, are transmitted inside the building. The wall can be quite thick as the fibers work without any loss in light up to 20 m. He even created a lamp Mass produced LiTraCon� products are expected to be on the market at the end of this year. Meanwhile, his work can be seen till January 23rd at the Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete exhibition at the National Building Museum Washington D.C.
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Three years ago, Hungarian architect ron Losonczi invented LiTraCon, the first light transmitting concrete. A wall made of LitraCon has the strength of traditional concrete but thanks to an embedded array of optical glass fibers, view of the outside wo... Read More
I love the idea of this concrete embedded with fibers that would allow light in, but appear mostly opaque from the inside.... http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/003654.php I'd love to work in a building made of this though...
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I am very interested in the optical fiber-impregnated concrete. Can you tell me more? It appears to have a fascinating character mix of solidity and transparency. As a home owner and sometimes concrete builder, I would like to learn more about the materials and methods used to achieve this effect.
Sincerely,
Rick Lee, Temecula, California, USA
(about 100 km North of San Diego, CA)
http://optics.org/articles/news/10/3/10/1
http://www.litracon.hu/
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050101/bob9.asp
all i can give you is that serie of link. i saw litracon a few months ago and was really impressed. if there's no light passing through it, it looks like normal concrete but as soon as there's light it becomes transparent, i couldn't believe anymore that it was concrete.
maybe you could write the developer
http://www.litracon.hu/contact_en.htm
how much will it cost?
I hate to take away from the seriousness, but this reminds me of a buggy CSS match, seeing shadows on opposite sides of walls and all, lol.
This could make some cool building material in the future...
this invention is really cool, lots of new improvement will come later on
Hi
can you please send me some more information about this product and can you please give me some information on how to get this product in New Zealand.
thank you
could you please provide me more technical details about the light transmitting concrete materials , and what is the prices
thanks
Do you think this product will have structural qualities in say 5o years time? Will the concrete remain as blocks or will it be possible to use it as cast-in-situ?
Thank you.
Architecture Student