Sprayed Concrete in Architecture and Design: Styles, Pairings, Precedents

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Finish

Light

Closer

ReadingsIn use 1935 to now

WeightVery heavy

WarmthIn between

CostIn between

PermanenceLasts centuries

PrecisionIn between

CarbonModerate

Making one kilo releases about 0.16 kg of CO₂: as concrete, sprayed with some rebound waste.

It saysOrganic freedomSculptural spontaneityStructural expressionism

Best for: Free-form shells, Expressionist architecture, Sculptural structures.

01The building that proves it

Casa Orgánica

Javier Senosiain · Naucalpan · 1984

Sprayed Concrete here: sprayed concrete over a mesh shell, buried in a garden.

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02Try it on a board

Pick up to three materials to sit beside sprayed concrete. The board shows the styles that use all of them, and writes a prompt you can take to an image or video generator.

Sprayed Concrete Basalt

Styles that use all of themOrganic Architecture

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Scale

Light

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Output

A house, on a dense urban street. Materials: sprayed concrete (shotcrete) that reads as organic freedom, basalt that reads as geological weight. Golden hour, warm raking light. Eye level from across the street, 35mm. Architectural photograph, medium format, no people, no text.

03The styles built on it

Blobitecture Organic Architecture

04Questions

Which design styles use sprayed concrete?

Blobitecture and Organic Architecture.

What goes well with sprayed concrete?

Sprayed Concrete pairs well with structural glass, glass-fibre reinforced concrete and living roof substrate.

What does sprayed concrete communicate?

Organic freedom, Sculptural spontaneity and Structural expressionism. It suits free-form shells, expressionist architecture and sculptural structures.

What is the carbon footprint of sprayed concrete?

Making one kilo of sprayed concrete releases about 0.16 kg of CO₂, cradle to gate: as concrete, sprayed with some rebound waste.

05More concrete

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