Litracon

Litracon Australia

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Litracon
Light transmissive concrete

Litracon™ is an amazing, exciting architectural building material now available in Australia. It is light transmitting concrete made with 96% concrete and 4% optical glass fibres. It is already being specified on projects in Australia.

Litracon is concrete you can see light through. It's made with 4% glass optical fibres and 96% concrete so it is light transmissive. The glass optical fibres allow light to pass through the concrete no matter how thick or thin it is. The pattern is random so you can get some amazing effects with coloured lights.

See the latest video on Facebook of a wall of Litracon in Tokyo with coloured lights behind, Click here

See Aron Losonczi talk about Litracon at an expo in April 2011. Click here

We are the sole agents for Litracon™ in Australia as we import it directly from Hungary. It can be produced as prefabricated building blocks and panels. The small fibres blend into the concrete and become a component of the material like small pieces of aggregate.

The glass fibres mix in the concrete because of their insignificant size, and they become a structural component. So the surface of the blocks remains homogeneous concrete. In theory, a wall structure built from light-transmitting concrete can be several meters thick, because the fibres work without almost any loss in light up until 20 meters. Load-bearing structures can be also built of these blocks, since glass fibres do not have a negative effect on the well-known high compressive strength value of concrete.

Litracon won the 2006 Leaf Awards for the Best Use of Innovative Technology and Thoughtful Design in a Small Scheme Award see www.designbuild-network.com/features/feature616/

Available in standard blocks of 600mm x 300mm x 30mm. Other sizes available on request.

Each block weighs about 12 kgs

See more at www.litracon.hu