building with daylight

Introducing

A new translucent and insulated concrete façade Harnessing the Power of Light

– A sustainable single component solution for life, to allow natural illumination through solid façades, while maintaining the highest protection from the elements

Meet Zospeum

Zospeum is a state-of-the-art façade, consisting of special prefabricated concrete sandwich panels fitted with optical fibres and thermal insulation that allow (day)light to pass through.

A smart self-supporting single-component façade that insulates and transmits light. Various materials, such as optical fibres, Airium insulating material, steel reinforcement and mortar, are combined in an unusual way.

Zospeum’s combination creates an innovative façade together with a magically lit interior lining through a single building-component, capable to respond to all envelope performance requirements: natural lighting, weatherproofing, thermal insulation, soundproofing, fire protection, self-support, durability, speed of assembly and high quality, all within the circular economy of construction.

Sustainability is at the heart of Zospeum in various ways. One of them is energy efficiency: thanks to its high Rc-value of 6 m2K/W, heat or cold transmissions are minimized, and contribute to the overall energy performance of the building.

Zospeum also acts as a filtering sunshade which prevents both overheating and glare. By itself, helps buildings to comply with the Nearly Energy Neutral Buildings criteria (BENG), which usually require added-on louvers or screens on sun-facing elevations.

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Zospeum façades consist of floor-to-floor prefabricated sandwich panels, supported via built-in brackets onto the main building structure

– Our facades are designed to endure through time and surpassing several times the lifetime expectancy of the building to eventually be completely recyclable

– Dimensions

The precast sandwich elements are 900 mm wide as standard, have a variable height of 3,000/3,300/3,600 mm and are 300 mm thick.
The sandwich is constructed as follows: 50 mm inner leaf, 200 mm insulation and 50 mm outer leaf. Zospeum elements are self-supporting and able to span from floor to floor.

– Properties

Translucent
Thermal insulating:
Rc-value 6 m2K/W (U-value 0.166 W/m2K)
Soundproofing
Fire-resistant: A2, s1, d0
Equipped with lifting and fastening anchors
Steel reinforced concrete
Self-supporting
Robust
Prefab
Circular

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“Zospeum façades give architects the opportunity to reduce glass surface while keeping natural light and transparency, to achieve lower energy demands, lower costs, greater comfort and healthier indoor environments.”

– Peter van Delft Westerhof, Architect & Founder

Our team

Our façade panels have been technically designed to withstand several times the lifespan requirements of a building

– Based on Circular thinking

Push the boundaries of creativity and merge indoor and outdoor spaces with zospeum fiber-optics concrete insulating panels

Winner

Zospeum was internationally awarded “The Architectural Product of the Year 2019”, also winning in the “Sustainable Product of the Year” category

– Winners Gala at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on October 14, 2019

Design at night

Projecting images and videos from the inside makes sophisticated advertising and self-illumination possible on the façade

– Giving designers a new world of creative possibilities, to for example, transforming the solid parts of a building into images and virtual reality or turning darkness into light projected to the world

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Get started and illuminate your projects with Zospeum

– Just curious or any questions? Send an email, or call us +31 (0)70 217 137 5 or find us on LinkedIn

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