Envelope

Form that meets function.

Compatible technologies

Spray

Information

Ductal® Architecture Brochure (pdf, 12.74 MB)

Bring your ideas to life with high performance facade, roofing and envelope systems. Like main or secondary skins, they bend and adapt to the most complex shapes and aesthetic requirements while providing durable, high-impact resistance.

Create decorative and protective facade elements, latticework, perforated facades and urban furniture that bring innovation to life in a wide range of textures, finishes and colors.

Ductal® can be cast into organic shapes, or cut into clean angles. Its mineral nature allows it to add depth and shadow, or simply blend in.

1. Aesthetics

In addition to their superior impact resistance and leak proofing, thin, lightweight Ductal® envelope elements bring enhanced durability. This means more comfort, with the added advantage of the building envelope’s material efficiency translating into increased leasable floor area and lower operational costs in projects of every kind.

Due to the specific fibers used, along with the packing density of the material, Ductal® Envelope differs from other fiber reinforced solutions by retaining its mechanical performances throughout the full service life of the building.

2. Performance

The high durability, resilience, ductility and low porosity of Ductal® not only results in improved energy efficiency (heat and solar control), but an extended life cycle of up to a possible 100-year service life. That’s almost five times longer than with traditional concrete! Aesthetics are also preserved longer, contributing further to reduced operational costs.

Its light weight and versatility means that off-site manufacturing, combined with an optimized supply chain, contribute to lowering the material’s overall carbon footprint.

When it’s time for a change, Ductal® can be recycled using a very low energy process, wherein the material is ground up – much like in a giant pepper grinder.

3. Sustainability

There’s very little that Ductal® can’t do, and our team can guide you every step of the way in creating almost any sort of element you can think of, including:

Tailor-made precast façades
Large-scale standardized panels
“Brise Soleil” and perforated facades
Prefabricated unitized façade systems
Urban furniture

4. Applications

Discover our projects

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Solutions

Envelope

Cepovett Headquarters

This is a project for the extension and redevelopment of the Cepovett's head office, the French head of professional clothing, located in Gleizé, in the Rhône.

Solutions

Envelope

Maison Louis Vuitton Miami

A beautiful façade for the new Louis Vuitton "Maison" store in Miami, Florida has a unique, seamless appearance like a white screen catching the sunlight. This artistic creation was achieved using a combination of flat and curved white Ductal® UHPC panels that are just 25 mm thick and produced in two different patterns to mimic the iconic Louis Vuitton flowers.

Solutions

Envelope

Lille Museum of Modern Art

Rolland Simounet built the Lille Museum of Modern Art near Parc du Héron in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France in 1983. Architect Manuelle Gautrand recently renovated and expanded the existing building.

Solutions

Envelope

Lyon Part Dieu

La Part-Dieu new shopping center extension in Lyon has opened in November 2020. Its 32,000m² make it the largest downtown shopping center in France.

Solutions

Envelope

Rabat Salé Airport

The National Airports Office of Morocco assigned architect Zhor Jaidi Bensouda from Klarte International studio the refurbishment of Rabat-Salé airport, including the design of a 1 600sqm mashrabiya facade. It is both an envelope and a brise soleil, based on a traditional and cultural pattern : the Morrocan star.

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Solutions

Envelope

House Under The Cliff

Entirely made of raw concrete, the building echos the cliff and colors of Salève, Haute Savoie.

Solutions

Envelope

Cladding

Tour Cedre

The emblematic Tour Cèdre in la Défense – Paris business district- will have a brand new renovated cladding in 2021 thanks to the application of Ductal® Cladding and Ductal® Envelope.

Technologies

Spray

Solutions

Envelope

Pierre Budin Daycare

The watertightness Ductal® Envelope made possible the design of an impermeable wavy façade with effective exterior insulation using a panel sandwich system. The mineral texture of Ductal® fits perfectly with the plant-like appearance that the architect desired.

Technologies

Spray

Solutions

Envelope

SHUM YIP UpperHills LOFT

The Shum Yip UpperHills Loft, a Urbanus project, is a high-end commercial complex with 6 high-rise towers containing offices, hotels and business apartments. Adjacent to the CBD and Huaqiangbei shopping district, it is also located between two center parks in Shenzhen.

Solutions

Envelope

Nike Miami

Nike creates performance products for athletes who love them around the globe. Its retail environments are designed with the same vision. For the design of the building’s core and shell, Nike’s Retail Design Team partnered with Touzet Studio, a Miami-based architecture firm, because of their creativity and regional expertise. Together, the collaborative design team focused on innovation, architectural integration with...

Solutions

Envelope

Pérez Art Museum Miami

The Pérez Art Museum ("PAMM") is a modern and contemporary art museum situated in downtown Miami, Florida. Surrounded by a 12 hectare park, it offers 200,000 ft2 (61,000 m2) of indoor/outdoor space for the display of art, educational activities, relaxation and dining. It also overlooks Biscayne Bay, where tropical storms or hurricanes and exposure to the salt/sea air can cause...

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Technologies

Fire+

Solutions

Envelope

Gasholders King’s Cross

Located in the heart of London, King’s Cross is home to one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in Europe. Preserving the city's industrial architectural heritage, while making it suitable for modern urban living has been a key priority. Ductal® Envelope brought a special touch to the renovation of the historic “gas holders,” turning them into 145 new residences, a...

1. Aesthetics

2. Performance

3. Sustainability

4. Applications

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