Solico’s latest collaboration with long-term client Holland Composites (HC) represents a new milestone in the application of sustainable engineered composite structures in the architectural sector.

Solico has engineered the new 14,000m2 Duplicor® façade for the Pulse of Amsterdam – a high-end mixed use project containing work, living and leisure spaces in the heart of the city’s Zuidas business district. The Duplicor façade incorporates approximately 1,100 composite elements, achieving the target of combined lightweight, mechanical performance, fire resistance, sustainability, minimal maintenance, and cost-effectiveness.

“All of the testing we have done for Holland Composite that the new Duplicor technology is a unique composite solution,” said Eric van Uden, Managing Director, Solico and Project Lead for the Pulse. “We can see enormous potential for Duplicor in a wide range of construction applications, as the combination of structural performance, fire properties and cost it offers is something we’ve not seen before in a lightweight composite – yet alone a sustainable materials.”