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After its initial Swedish capital showing, this LiTraCon wall has been shown in Budapest, London, Glasgow and Washington D.C.

After its initial Swedish capital showing, this LiTraCon wall has been shown in Budapest, London, Glasgow and Washington D.C.
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Part of the original prototype work After its initial Swedish capital showing, this LiTraCon wall has been shown in Budapest, London, Glasgow and Washington D.C. Part of the original prototype work Part of the original prototype work
The very first The very first Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi at the Europe Gate Europe Gate was made during summer 2004 to celebrate the EU membership of Hungary
Europe Gate was made during summer 2004 to celebrate the EU membership of Hungary Europe Gate was made during summer 2004 to celebrate the EU membership of Hungary At an exhibition at Arkitekturmuseet (Swedish Museum of Architecture), Stockholm LiTraCon was first used as the surface of a square in inner Stockholm.
The first project - during the day the blocks appear as concrete pavement, but at sunset they start to shine thank to the light sources placed under them. Aringed light pattern took shape around the main square as dark came. The original prototype work was done by Losonczi while he was a post-graduate student at Stockholm Royal University School of Architecture Image 15 of 15 from Heavyweight transparency – Light Transmitting Concrete
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January 26, 2006 Thanks to a lot of unimaginative work over the last half century, concrete has a bad name, yet at the same time, some of the world’s most beautiful and innovative works of contemporary architecture derive their character from the material. Interestingly, though concrete might seem a low tech material, it is evolving. We’ve recently written about bendable concrete and now there’s Light Transmitting Concrete (known as LiTraCon), which is created by mixing concrete and glass fibres optical strands to create a solid yet translucent block suitable for floors, pavements and load-bearing walls. The inventor of LiTraCon, Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi, gave a public lecture at the United States National Building Museum earlier this week to present his revolutionary product that brings translucence to a traditionally opaque material. The lecture complements a current exhibition at the Museum entitled Liquid Stone: New Architecture in Concrete, which features a five-foot tall LiTraCon wall.

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