The document presents various innovative building materials that emphasize ecological balance, cost-effectiveness, and aesthetic benefits, including ETFE for its light transmission and insulation properties, translucent concrete for its decorative uses with embedded fibers, and glass fiber reinforced concrete for its lightweight and high durability. It also discusses advanced concepts like self-healing concrete and germ-repellent surfaces to improve health and maintenance in buildings. Lastly, it mentions new technologies such as sweating rooftops to enhance energy efficiency by regulating temperature through moisture absorption and evaporation.

1. New Materials
Presentedby:

2. Why choose a right material???
• Ecological balance
• Green building material
• Economical structures
• Faster construction
• Aesthetic advantages

3. 1.ETFE-Ethylene Tetrafl Uoroethylene.
• A fluorocarbon based polymer.
• After ETFE is heatedup and extruded
into a paperthin film,it can be welded
into largesheets that can be
themselves beused as building films
orcan be woven as pumped air
cusions.
• When ETFE arefused into pillows and
pumped with air,the materials take on
both stability and high insulation
properties.

4. • TheseETFEsheetsare transparent
likeglassandtrasmitmore light
thanglass.
• Cost24%to70%lessthanglassto
install.
• ETFEsheetsare chemicallyinert,so
theydontdegradeunderUVrays.
• Asithastefloninit.Itis
nonsticky,soitkeepsitselfclean.
• Recyclable:Attheendoftheuseful
lifeofatleast50yrsto200yrsitcan
bemeltedandreused...

5. Asthetics:
• One canmanipulate the layers
in cusions to change the
insulatingcalculations.You can
print graphics onto it to avoid
the sunlightpenetration.
• By printing patterns on different
layers,one can create
kaleidoscopes that change and
react to sunlight.

6. 2.Lucem Translucent concrete: LED concrete
• Translucent concrete(light emitting
concrete) is a concrete based
building material with light-
transmissive properties due to
embedded light optical elements-
usually optical fibres.
• Themanufacturing process of
transparent concreteis almost same
as regular concrete.Only optical
fibres are spread throughout the
aggregateand cementmix.

7. • Translucentconcrete is used as fine
architecturalfacade material and
also for cladding of interior walls.
• It can be also usedfor
flooring,ceiling,wall mounting etc...

8. 3.Glassfibrereinforcedconcrete:GRC
• Glassfibre reinforced concrete or GRC is a
composite material comprising a mixture
of hydraulic cement,silica sand,alkali
resistant glassfibres and water.
• The glass fibres in GRC effectively
reinforce the mortar mix thereby
improving its tensile strength and
characteristics.

9. • Applications
1.Architectural cladding
2.Architectural moulding
3.Building components
4.Industrial products
5.Theme parks

10. Advantages
• GRC was developed as a corrosion free alternativeto traditional steel
reinforced concrete.
• GRC can be moulded intoany complex shape,profiles and
architectural components.
• Main advantage over precast concrete is one can have very light
structures resultingin savings in thecosts of transportation,handling
and erection of panels.
• Lightweightdesign(both low and highrise superstructures) helps
both in economicsavings and also effectthe sustainable
environment.
• GRC is durable,seismic capable,chemical resistant,non combustible
and good sound and heat insulator.

12. GRCpanels

13. 4.Nanomaterials
• Nanotechnology:When combined with ultra-high-strength
concrete, nanomaterialssuch as Carbon Nanotubes(CNT’s)
create a materialso strong in both tensionand compression
thatsteelreber is no longer needed in construction.
Tje Shimizu TRY 2004
Mega-city pyramid concept
Tokyo was so large that it
could be only completed
with kelp of carbon
nanotubes.

14. 5.Self healing concrete
• Thegreat downfallofconcrete-the
worldsmostwidelyusedmaterial
is–unavoidablecracking,caused
bywater andchemicals.
• Buta selfhealingconcrete was
developedbyNetherland.Which
saysbyinfusingbacterialsporesin
concretehelpinpatchingup
crackswhenwater seepsthrough.
La Tourette

15. 6.Germ repellent
• Stopping the spread of disease in a confined space such as hospital is not a easy
task,involving continuous disinfecting.But a team from Harvard produced
“slippery liquidporous surface”(SLIP),that would let bacteria slip off.
• Apart from hospitality application it canward off dust,ice and also graffiti.

16. 7.Sweating rooftops
• Though the idea of a “sweaty”
building sounds rather unpleasant
andawkward.But this new material
from ZTH-Zurichthat aims the
rooftop material toabsorb water
when it rainsand only releases it
when the heat is raised to a certain
temperature.The resulting
evaporation will in turn keep the
house cool-much like the process of
human sweat.

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