Custom Facades

Ductal® custom facades blend creative potential, technology and aesthetics, giving architects free reign to explore near endless architectural possibilities. From tailor-made precast facades to standardized panels, Ductal® offers sleek, durable protection from the elements while providing an aesthetic appearance that provides buildings with high energy efficiency function that produces a real cost savings.

 

Full facades

Foksal Gallery Foundation Poland ©Foksal Gallery – photo: Juliusz Sokolowsk

Want to give your architects free reign to build creative facades while reducing the physical footprint of fully sealed and thermally insulated facade systems, allowing you to maximize costly urban square meters? Our full facades enable architects to explore different forms, colors and textures while benefiting from the durability, watertightness, strength and mineral expression that only Ductal® can provide. But it’s Ductal®’s technical properties that bring a truly sustainable dimension to your architecture.

These lightweight panels offer:

  • Easier manufacturing and installation on buildings covering large surface areas
  • Exceptional energy efficiency when combined with insulation systems
  • Resistance to environmental abuse, durability and low maintenance requirements ensure favorable Life Cycle Assessments (LCA)
  • Maximize floor space (square meters or footage) with our efficient solution (when compared to conventional systems that stretch 25-30 cm)

Lightweight and thin facades

Looking to build net positive energy buildings that expand the imagination of architects? Ductal®’s ultra-high performance lightweight facade is an insulated, watertight, self-supporting solution. A durable concrete facade is paired with a self-supporting structure of precast panels featuring 3 cm of Ductal® and 20 cm of insulation for superior energy efficiency.

This sustainable construction solution has passed a French Scientific and Building Center assessment detailing its many advantages, including:

  • Exceptional insulation/thickness ratios
  • Treatment of thermal bridges between floor and facade
  • Increased floor area
  • Leak-proof cladding
  • Flexible window placement
 

Project focus - Budin daycare center, Paris

The first insulated and watertight wall in Ductal® using this system has been carried out on the Budin daycare nursery in Paris, designed by Dominique Marrec from Agence ECDM.

Project details: a lightweight wall made of just 3 cm of Ductal®, combined with 20 cm of expanded polystyrene, 5 cm of rock wool and 1.3 cm of BA13 plaster provides thermal performance equalling Uwall = 0,134 W/m² °C (Rwall=7.4) .

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Brise Soleil & Perforated Facades

Brise Soleil & Perforated Facades

Are you looking for the perfect second skin to protect your building from sunlight and the elements while providing an aesthetic, mineral facade? For public buildings, storefronts, apartments or offices, our lightweight Ductal® solution reduces glare and offers less noise than metal alternatives. Our large, thin building envelopes offer the choice between tailor-made precast facades and standardized panels.

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Roofing

Roofing

Ductal®’s concrete roofing represents a new technological plateau featuring watertight seals and resistance and optimal mechanical properties to blend slim elements with long spans. With Ductal® architects are open to explore a whole new range of forms.

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Discover Ductal®

Discover Ductal®

Ductal® is a fibrous, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for rainscreen cladding solutions and custom built applications like façades, roofs, sunshading or brise soleil.

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