Are you ready for see-through concrete? Lustenau, Austria-based Heidelberg Cement has introduced an interior material it calls Luccon – a translucent concrete that is engineered so as to allow shapes, light and even colors to show through.
Luccon is made of fine-grained concrete and translucent fabric, cast layer-by-layer in prefabricated molds. Its optical fibers allow forms, images and colors to be seen through the concrete even when it is applied in thick quantities.
Manufacturers say the material is as strong and durable as conventional concrete because it uses a relatively low proportion of synthetic fiber.
The product comes in lava gray and is produced in large-size 40-by-100 centimeter slabs.