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LITRACON, A FORM Of translucent concrete, has been developed by a Hungarian architect, Aron Losonczi.
Losonczi embedded thousands of optical glass fibres to form a matrix, running parallel to each other between the two main surfaces of a concrete block. The fibres blended into the concrete to become a component of the material - rather like small pieces of ballast.
The presence of the glass fibres makes it possible to see images of the outside world through the concrete, like the silhouette of a tree,...