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Prototypes
Octatube's factory is ideally equipped for prototyping, fabrication and testing of prototypes and mock-ups and the testing of structural elements and complete products, whether or not with the ...
Renovation
The extreme contrast between the visual transparency of glazed constructions and massive masonry is a source of great dynamism in the design of architectonic applications in monumental ...
Composites
A composite is a material that consists of different components. For building materials they often refer to fiber-reinforced plastics like glassfiber reinforced polyester (GRP). But it could also ...
Cladding
When realizing complex geometries, architectural, building technical or financial considerations sometimes lead to the application of sheet material.
An example is the Imax theatre in ...
Cardboard
Architect Shigeru Ban is internationally recognized for his cardboard structures. Octatube has collaborated with him several times in the creation of his cardboard tube buildings. Varying from the ...
Shaped glass
Traditionally shaping of glass sheets is done in hot-bending processes, cold–bending of glass sheets however has recently been developed and has important advantages.
In hot–bending, a ...
Free form
Since the rise of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) design in the eighties and nineties Octatube has been at the front of the developments. Nowadays, all Octatube’s projects are designed, ...
Spaceframes
Space frames are lattice structures which work in three dimensions. They are manufactured on an industrial scale. The name Octatube has become linked to the Octatube space frame system. The ...