Translucent Building Materials
Examples of translucent materials are frosted glass oil paper some plastics ice and tissue paper.
Translucent building materials. Translucent materials offer the architect great design scope for a sensitive handling of light and an exciting interplay of indoor and outdoor space that would not be possible with clear glass. Polycarbonate translucent honeycombs are used on the terrace decks and in skylights to allow the entry of diffused and harmonious zenithal light. Therefore the fibers have to go through the whole object. Light is conducted through the stone from one end to the other.
Translucent materials obscure objects because they allow some light to pass through but the light that is allowed to pass through hits particles found within the material and scatters it in all directions. The use of alabaster as translucent building material allows the passage of light either natural or artificial offering extraordinarily beautiful effects and contributing to creating cosy and exclusive spaces. Light transmitting concrete is a concrete based building material with light transmissive properties due to embedded light optical elements usually optical fibers. Different moods evoked in the past with stained glass windows thinly cut stone slabs or stretched paper are created in modern forms through the use of special types of glass plastic sheets membranes perforated metal sheeting etc.
For special projects we can cater alabaster in line with our customers needs originality design sizes. The result is a structure very similar to wood but translucent with an 85 transparent quality to be precise.