This is a really cool idea, I'll second Wayne's exuberance. Though I don't think you would want to pin a lover against the wall and make-out with the lights on because then people'd know what you were up to even if they couldn't see you exactly. The only thing is this is very spendy. Very very spendy Wayne.... I agree it's a great idea but the price is prohibitive. Would be nice to see if anyone could come up with a secondary approach. Like.. perhaps using fishing line. Maybe someone could invent a mechanism to needle fishing line through forms and then you pour the papercrete in once it's been threaded up. Then to remove the forms you have to razor off the ends to be able to lift it off. I dunno.. Spaceman.. what do you think? You're quite the "rough and ready" engineer!
Sasha, this is fantastic. I see soooooo much potential for something like
this. Walls with fantastic R value that allow daylight inside, but give
privacy. The window with curtains and blinds is now out of date. We
could go back to having solid shutters on windows to block the view and
decrease heat loss. I am keen to hear more.
Wayne
> I just found this interesting material/idea which may be applicable to
> papercrete.
>
> www.litracon.hu
>
> Transparent Concrete
>
> Thousands of optical glass fibres form a matrix and run parallel to each
> other between the two main surfaces of each block. The proportion of the
> fibres is very small (4%) compared to the total volume of the blocks.
> Moreover, these fibres mingle in the concrete because of their
> insignificant size, and they become a structural component as a kind of
> modest aggregate. Therefore, the surface of the blocks remains homogeneous
> concrete. In theory, a wall structure built from light-transmitting
> concrete can be several meters thick, because the fibres work without
> almost any loss in light up until 20 meters. Load-bearing structures can
> be also built of these blocks, since glass fibres do not have a negative
> effect on the well-known high compressive strength value of concrete. The
> blocks can be produced in various sizes and with embedded heat-isolation.
>
> Also uploaded some new studio photos to the gallery.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sasha
>
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