Skydome
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Project • By Geoplast • Wellness Centres
Le Nuage
Le Nuage (French for “cloud”), designed by Philippe Starck, is a fitness and wellness complex in Montpellier, France. It the first inflatable private building in Europe and it has been poetically designed to resemble its nebulous epithet. For this purpose, Starck used a polymer known as ETFE and created a transparent membrane that envelopes around the building facade.Geoplast contributed to this project by providing 4500 m² of Skydome that ensured the lightness of the structure itself. Skydome is a reusable waffle slab formwork that allowed the realization of bidirectional waffle slabs with large spans while reducing the use of concrete and decreasing the self-weight of the building. The use of Skydome elements resulted in a smooth and plea... More
Product • By Akripol d.o.o. • Alux
Alux
Alux Heatstop skylights allow natural light into the interior, while reducing costs and reliance on electric lighting.
They are made from our proprietary Aglas IRR cast acrylic sheets. One of their special features is that they prevent the interior from overheating by keeping
ambient heat out, while allowing natural light in. Using skylights made from IRR cast acrylic sheets reduces the use of energy for cooling load and lighting.
Alux Heatstop skylights are suitable for industrial and residential buildings, and are particularly useful in warmer climates.
Compared to standard skylights, the Alux Heatstop skylights can reduce the average energy costs/ cooling load of air-conditioning by as much as 43%.
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