CERAMIC FABRIC. Flexbrick
13/04/2011.
by Vicente Sarrablo [BCN] Spain
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Vicente Sarrablo today introduced the so-called 'ceramic fabric, a composite material consisting of woven ceramic, woven with frame-mesh in galvanized or stainless steel, depending on their use, leading to a flexible ceramic plates that extend the constructive possibilities and save time and costs in the construction process.
Mingo House. © Photo José Hevia. Courtesy of Vicente Sarrablo.
Mingo House. © Photo José Hevia. Courtesy of Vicente Sarrablo.
Mingo House. Courtesy of Vicente Sarrablo.
Mingo House. Courtesy of Vicente Sarrablo.
Flexbrick is based on the concept of flexible ceramic sheets for the building envelope (floors, walls and roofs) and sheet structures (vaults, overhead and panels), developed jointly with companies: Piera Ecocerámica and Cerámica Malpesa.
More information below in the attached pdf.
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Vicente Sarrablo
Vicente Sarrablo (Barcelona, 1964) is an architect graduated from la Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (1991). He has a PhD in Architecture from la Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2002). Director of the Department of Architectural Constructions of la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and since 2004, director of the first ever in Spain Ceramics Chair in the same university. Since 2008 he is a Director of the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
