Paris-19. May 2025-the Alliance for European Flachs-Linen & Hanf is proud to grow a growing wave of innovative architecture and civil engineering with flat and hemp fibers. Since the global construction industry grows into sustainable solutions, flax and hemp are created as a powerful alternative for a new generation of biological architecture.
Pioneer structure applications
For the first time, flax steps beyond indoor and insulation to form important structural elements in buildings. The ITECH Research Pavilion 2024 program of the University of Stuttgart in Germany is at the top of this transformation. Two extraordinary light structures were created using filament wound flax fibers, which show the strength and design flexibility of the material.
The main pavilion, a semi-permanent structure, has 20 flax fiber roof rays, comes from the 100 Tex rovings from Terre de Lin and industry from HA-Co-co-carbon-GmbH. A second smaller pavilion contains Co-Wundholz and 200 Tex flax fibers from Safilin in its columns and roof structure. Both projects emphasize Coreless robot winding technologies and provide conspicuous examples of sustainable construction methods.
Sustainable facade innovation
Flachs also proves its value in cladding and facade systems. The French manufacturer Temca recently completed 880 slight shading plates with the Amplitex ™ flax fiber material from BCMP for the Cité Scolaire International Jacques Chirac Business School in Marseille. Designed by the renowned architects Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta for Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Este, the RTM-MOULD-AMPLITEX ™ system combined with UV-resistant gelcoat and fire-rated resin, which is reduced compared to traditional materials with drastic and hardware and traditional materials and traditional materials.
In the meantime, the Dutch composite innovator NPSP continues its work to integrate biological materials into public infrastructure. In collaboration with the Alliance member Protetex and the material partner Nabasco, NPSP has delivered striking facades across Europe, including the lively green cladding of Amsterdams Nemo Science Museum, which was designed by Tenzo Piano. Nabasco® Natural Panels offer design freedom and top fire protection and pave the way for biological facades in modern urban design.
Civil engineering and urban greening
Demgy, a leading provider of recyclable, shaped composite materials, has teamed up with Green Roof Experts Plantika to present Flaxcomp® -Sandwich -Base for garden modules on the roof. The solution replaces aluminum with perforated flax composite materials and improves water drainage and ventilation and at the same time reduces the environmental impact. If the experiment is successful, the attempt in future urban greening projects can lead to a complete flax composite building, which marks critical progress towards circular construction solutions.
“These projects reflect the growing ambition of our industry to deliver beautiful and powerful structures with natural European fibers with natural European fibers,” said Bruno Pech, Innovation Project Manager.
The Alliance for European Flax Leinen and Hanf continues to support its members and partners in promoting biological innovations in the entire architecture and civil engineering.
Posted: May 20, 2025
Source: The alliance for European flax washing and hemp