Façade grid made from Ductal® UHPFRC for a retirement home in Paris

A self-supporting grid made from white reinforced Ductal® FO (Organic Fibres) wraps around the building façade. The slender slats comprising it are 6 m long, 20 to 65 cm wide and 7 to 12 cm thick. The grid covers a surface area of 1,000 m² right up to the 22 m building height. The rooms giving out onto the garden open out on to wide bays that provide a high level of sun exposure. The slats, laid out in an irregular and adjourned way, enable a view to be conserved to the exterior, the passage of natural light and participate in the thermal regulation of interior spaces.

Type

Ultra high Performance Reinforced Concrete

Location

France, Paris (FR-75)

Assignment

Working and Shop drawings

Architect

Philippon & Kalt

Customer

AXIMO

Amount of work

9 M€

Surface

4300 ㎡

Photo credits

C&E

Completion date

2012