London Roca Gallery
Architect – Zaha Hadid Architects
Engineer – Buro Happold, Max Fordham Consulting Engineers
Contractor – Empty, S.L.
Building Component – GRC / Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Material Properties
The exterior made of GRC / Fibre Reinforced Concrete had been pre-fabricated in moulds to be assembled and constructed on-site, spanning 2.20m in height. Fibre Reinforced Concrete allows for a simple yet cold expression for the façade, the façade itself made of 2 x 4m panels weighing 800kg each. This material, 6cm thick is made by two waffled concrete layers sandwiching a honeycomb mesh that allows for stretching in various directions, making it a robust composite material.