Advanced Composites - ShapeShell

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Key information

 Use
Exterior cladding panels
 Applications
Commercial buildings
 Characteristics
3D CNC Manufacturing, lightweight structure, monocoque infused construction method, impact
resistant, chemically resistant, inert and non conductive, fire certification for external cladding,
cementitious or PVDF finish in any level of gloss, optional anti graffiti barrier layer
 Colors
Cementitious finish (GRC, Precast or exposed aggregate acid wash Precast), or a PVDF finish in any
level of gloss from 5% to 80% in the full spectrum of colours
 Sizes
Custom or standard sizing
 Certification
Global fire certification, manufactured under ISO9000 Certification Standards
 Guarantee
Comprehensive warranty provided for the full ShapeShell range. The substrate is guaranteed for 50
years and up to 25 years for the surface finish (including gloss retention).

More about this product

ShapeShell advanced composites allow an extraordinary range of materiality that can include
structural strength, light weight and the ability to add textures over a woven fibre and resin
substrate. They are increasingly being used by architects to realise their most imaginative
projects. ShapeShell provides the bridge between creativity and buildability.
ShapeShell has achieved fire certification for external cladding – Australian Standard AS5113-2016
and British Standard BS8414-2. Please download and read ShapeShell data sheet for full technical
details and specifications.
Latest projects featuring ShapeShell Freeform
Barak Façade - Melbourne, Australia
Architect – ARM (Ashton Raggatt McDougall)
No less than 411 double curved unique panels were manufactured to create the 3D portrait of
Aboriginal elder William Barak as he gazes down one of the main streets of the city of Melbourne,
Australia. Installed over over 35 floors, no two panel is the same, thus adding to the creativity and
complexity of the project.

The ShapeShell freeform “monocoque” panels needed to have depth (thickness), be solid in
construction (no hollow drum sound) yet lightweight and structurally stiff to allow minimal fixing
only at slab edge. The monocoque panels use structural skins to carry the load across all sides of the
panel. The panels were independently tested and taken up to a load of 6.4 Kpa without any signs of
damage (cosmetic or structural) nor residual deformation. The strength of the panels allowed slab
edge fixing despite a considerable vertical cantilever (up to 2.5 metres).

Orbis Façade – South Melbourne, Australia

Architect – ARM (Ashton Raggatt McDougall)
This funky project turns the traditional building façade on its head and, in doing so, creates a unique
series of manufacturing and construction challenges. Working with both negative and positive space,
the façade projects into and out from the building structure – requiring both light weight and
enormous strength. The result is an extraordinarily dramatic “deconstructed” face presented to
neighbourhood.