Ductal® UHPFRC staircase, Somerset House, in London

The staircase is located in a restricted space which led to a cylinder shaped geometric design, comprising a central stainless-steel lattice drum supporting the steps and the landings made from Ductal® organic fibre ultra high performance fibre-reinforced concrete. The pre-fabricated fibre concrete parts were assembled on site through local pre-stressing which enabled the mechanical and [lire la suite].


Ductal® UHPFRC Staircase for a showroom for Zaha Hadid Associates, in London

The staircase is made from Ductal® organic fibre slats suspended at the top part. Each slat is pre-fabricated in 3 parts and assembled by a coupler that is not visible in its thickness. The overall stability and in particular the dynamic analysis is carried out individually for each one and this results in an airy [lire la suite].