V. Fraas
Solar home kitchen with textile-reinforced
concrete countertop
The architecture firm Fickenscher Architektur+ used a 3D textile reinforcement from V. Fraas Solutions in Textile for the first time in a concrete countertop. In the newbuild of a solar home in the Upper Franconian city of Hof in Germany, the textile-reinforced concrete countertop with a length of 3.10 m, a width of 65 cm and an (optical) thickness of 7 cm was set up. The countertop itself weighs approx. 150 kg and has a thickness of only 3 cm.
Solar homes are buildings that derive the largest portion of the energy required for heating and hot water from solar energy, i.e. at no cost. A solar...
