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3D textile-reinforced
concrete façade elements of only 3-cm thickness

betoShell®BIG elements from Hering Bau with integrated SITgrid® fromV. Fraas are used as cladding for the
Institute Building of TU Dresden

What makes this new façade system so special is the reinforcement in form of 3D textiles. It consists of two layers of textiles spaced
10 mm apart, connected to each other pressure-stiff by so-called pole threads

V. Fraas Solutions in Textile has developed an innovation for textile reinforcement in concrete façade panels and integrated it in architectural concrete façades from Hering Bau. These betoShell®BIG 3D textile-reinforced façade panels from Hering Bau, with integrated SITgrid® from V. Fraas, are used for the first time for the new construction of Dresden Technical University. Here, 530 façade elements measuring up to 1.30 x 2.00 m and of only 3-cm thickness were installed. The façade designed in this manner covers a surface area of 1,070 square meters.

The exterior face of the new building of...

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