{"id":14754,"date":"2016-12-30T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/flexible-concrete\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:48:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:48:14","slug":"flexible-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/flexible-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch New “Bendable Concrete” Being Tested to Its Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cDevelop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.\u201d This saying of the Ancient Chinese philosopher Liezi<\/a> is relevant not only for people \u2014 Liezi\u2019s target audience \u2014 but for building materials, which also collapse under pressure when they lack the ability to yield.<\/p>\n

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University<\/a> in Singapore have taken this lesson to heart, developing a bendable concrete<\/a> that could revolutionize architecture. The product, called ConFlexPave, integrates polymer microfibers into the liquid mixture in order to produce a stronger, more flexible material. The added strength-to-size ratio would allow the manufacture of thin, prefabricated concrete slabs that could be included in any number of architectural projects.<\/p>\n