last year, the Italy Pavilion in Shanghai, China, is the only building that has so far used this "transparent cement".
this material, called i.light, has many small holes in which the holes can be projected in the sun without destroying the overall structure of the building. A similar attempt at
in this area was to add fiber to the concrete, but Italy cement group said the method did not use special resins.
Beijing time January 7th, the architects of Italy cement group (Italcementi) combined special resin with a new mixture to make transparent cement. With this cement built, the whole wall is like a huge window, and the sun can penetrate the wall into the room, which can reduce the use of indoor lighting and save energy.
there are many small holes in the transparent cement i.light, which can be projected in the sun without destroying the overall structure of the building. Close to look, these crevice, which is close to 2 to 3 millimeters, makes up an incredible pattern. From a distance, they are no different from ordinary concrete. But on sunny days, it would be a different scene in the building built with this material. The sunlight penetrated the wall through the light holes into the room, and the whole wall looked like a big window.
only one building has so far used transparent cement - Italy Pavilion in World Expo, Shanghai, China last year, but it has proved that transparent cement can save electricity and use the material in buildings that don't have to turn on the lights in the daytime. About 18 meters high in the Italy Pavilion, about 40% of the wall used the i.light material of Italy cement group, which made 3774 transparent boards and translucent boards with 189 tonnes of new materials. Each transparent plate has about 50 holes, and its transparency is close to 20%. The transparency of the semitransparent board is about 10%. A similar attempt at
in this area was to add fiber to the concrete, but Italy cement group said the method did not use special resins. Enrique Bulgallero, creative director of the group, said: "transparent cement made of plastic resin is cheaper than the transparent cement made of optical fiber. Moreover, the former is more capable of capturing light, because the resin is wider than the angle of the optical fiber. These characteristics make the transparency of the new material better, and the light transmission effect of the building built with it is stronger.
Burr Gia Le Lo says his company will accept the great challenge of building the Italy Pavilion because they want to find a "innovative, efficient way of saving energy". He said: "for the 3774 transparent cement boards prepared for the Italy Pavilion, we produce about 200 pieces a day." Now the new type of cement has been patented, but it is not clear whether it is applicable to the whole world. (Xiao Wen)