Hinterlüftete Vorhangfassaden aus Textilbeton

Ventilated façade structures made of textile reinforced concrete — structural behavior and construction.

The innovative composite material textile reinforced concrete (TRC) opens up new application areas in structural concrete engineering and has advantages especially in the field of façade engineering. By using non-corrosive technical textiles made of alkali-resistant glass or carbon, the concrete covers can be minimized resulting in extreme slender concrete members. The used fine-grained concrete with maximum grain-sizes of 8 mm in combination with special curing techniques en ables high-quality fair faced concrete surfaces. The potential of TRC façades has been demonstrated by several projects employing TRC panels with areas over 12 m² and a thickness of only 30 mm.