Slender Concrete Curtain (SCC)

Slender Concrete Curtain (SCC) is a project funded by a Creative Activity Research grant from Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis. The overall goal is to advance investigations of concrete as a thin surface. SCC uses fabric as formwork and sprayed concrete reinforced with a fiberglass scrim (GFRC) a type of reinforcing that enables a drastic reduction the overall thickness of the piece while maintaining high compressive properties and gaining considerable flexural strength. This investigation pushes the material to its limits by creating a very thin layer of concrete, only ¼ inch thick. The outcomes of this research serves to evaluate the possible utilization of concrete in a variety of applications such as building envelopes and concrete furniture.