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This micro-city requires a micro-climate that would give the visitor a feeling of entering a different world. The building is covered with a large dome, a form common to all civilisations. This one is made of a web of different patterns interlaced into a translucent ceiling which lets a diffuse, magical light come through in the best tradition of great Arabian architecture.
Water is given a crucial role, both in reflecting every part of the building and acting as a psyche, and in creating, with a little help from the wind, a comfortable micro-climate."
Timbercrete contains more than 50% by volume of recycled sawmill waste. Homes made of this product consume less energy for heating/cooling. Timbercrete acts as a “carbon sink” preventing the release of carbon dioxide from decomposing sawdust into the atmosphere. Timbercrete® achieved FRL 240-240-240 in CSIRO Fire Test, therefore provides as high a level of protection against fire related threats. It can be used in a wide range of domestic, commercial, industrial and public buildings. |
Balsa Concrete uses a core of foam that can make concrete constructions up to 80 percent lighter - for instance, for interior applications such as concrete tabletops.
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