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Salt Wall (LUMA Gehry Tower)

Covering a surface of 560m2 and spread over 10 floors of the LUMA Gehry Tower in Arles, this project explores the transformation of salt as a naturally abundant mineral, into a material of architectural scale. Using the historic site of the salt fields in Salin de Giraud and knowledge of the saliniers, a system was developed to grow panels of salt employing the natural crystallisation that occurs in the Salins during the summer.

The process to make these panels descends from the historic technique of harvesting salt from seawater. The method uses the warm and dry climate of the South of France to crystallise the dissolved salt.

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MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS

Properties

Salt

Durability
Sustainability

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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Density– kg/cm3
Strength– mpa
Insulation Properties
Fire Resistance

PERFORMANCE DATA

Load-Bearing Capacity
Density
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Material

Salt

Percentage of Waste
Upcycling Waste– kg / sqm
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