Ultra Thin Concrete Roof

A group of researchers from eth zurich have designed and built a 25 foot tall prototype for an ultra thin lightweight and double curved concrete roof that is set to be used in a residential construction project next year.

Ultra thin concrete roof.

A prototype for an ultra thin sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods has been designed and built by researchers from the eth zürich. The shell is part of a roof top. A prototype for an ultra thin sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods has been designed and built by researchers from the eth zürich. The shell is part of a roof top apartment unit called hilo that is planned to be built next year on the nest the living lab building of empa and eawag in dübendorf.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. The completed ultra thin roof has an average thickness of just 5 cm. The prototype shown has already been dismantled to make space for future developments. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.

Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers. 18 tonnes of concrete were used to make the roof image courtesy of micheal lyrenmann and eth zurich. A prototype for an ultra thin sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods has been designed and built by researchers from eth zürich.

The shell is part of a roof. Researchers from eth zurich have built a prototype of an ultra thin curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabrication methods. With an average thickness of nearly 2 the structure varies between 1 2 thick on the edges to 4 7 thick at the roof s support areas. A prototype for an ultra thin sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods read more about construction.