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| Lafarge's Ductal to dress AUP training room A partner of the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (City of Architecture and Heritage), the world's largest exhibition center for architecture, Lafarge has worked with the architect Rémy Marciano to build the National Architects and Urban Planners (AUP) training room using Ductal, an ultra high-performance concrete. In addition to general project management provided by Jean-François Bodin, François de Mazières, president of the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, invited young architects to design certain areas of the About Pavilion, the part of the Cité which is particularly dedicated to contemporary architecture. The AUE training room project, located in the southern part of the building, was awarded to an "architect of the South", Rémy Marciano, winner of the Nouveaux Albums des Jeunes Architectes 2001/2002. To complete his project, an evocation of the Mediterranean basin, its light and mineral materials, Rémy Marciano called on Lafarge's expertise and chose the ultra high-performance Ductal concrete. Sixteen panels were made (height: 110 cm, length: 200 cm, thickness: 3 cm) and fixed to a metal structure. They face the restored stone wall, revealing the modernity of this revolutionary material. A sliding panel (height: 440 cm and width:170 cm), mounted on a rail to obscure or play with the light, as well as a screed made from Lafarge Agilia complete this gray and white colored mineral casing with multiple matt effects. Ductal is the result of a revolutionary technology that gives it ultra-high performance and ductile behavior. It is made up of a fiber cement matrix that is very resistant, ductile, durable and esthetic. Remarkable uses of Ductal include: the Seoul Footbridge of Peace, the acoustic panels in the railway station in Monaco, floor and wall coverings in the Thierry Mugler men's boutique in Paris and Frankfurt, the structural columns in the Queen Sophia Museum in Madrid, a sun break on the front of the Clichy-la-Garenne municipal swimming pool, an "envelope" for the Thiais RATP bus centre near Paris. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |