Losonczi hopes this will give buildings a "lighter" feeling. The material has all the load-bearing strength of regular concrete and should become available later this year.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Having grown tired of the oppressive atmosphere concrete can give to a structure, 27 year-old Aron Losonczi has invented a type of concrete that allows light to pass through. By combining fiberoptic material with standard concrete, the newly-dubbed 'LitraCon' will allow silhouettes of outdoor shapes to pass through to the inside of rooms.
Losonczi hopes this will give buildings a "lighter" feeling. The material has all the load-bearing strength of regular concrete and should become available later this year.
Losonczi hopes this will give buildings a "lighter" feeling. The material has all the load-bearing strength of regular concrete and should become available later this year.
