Japanese architect Chuangxianhe built carbon fiber earthquake-resistant building

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan at the beginning of last month, killing 116 people, 114 of them died because of the collapse of the Taiguan Weiguan Building, once again showing the importance of earthquake-resistant buildings to reduce earthquake casualties. Japan is as earthquake-prone as Taiwan. For example, the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 caused numerous buildings and bridges to collapse, killing 6,434 people. In recent years, Japan has actively joined the earthquake-resistant technology, joined seismic facilities during the construction of the building, and has continued to have new earthquake-resistant buildings.

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, who has won national architecture awards in Japan, Italy and Finland, cooperated with building materials manufacturer Komatsu Refined Co., Ltd. to use carbon fiber as a 3-storey Komatsu refined office building for earthquake resistance. Japan Trends It is pointed out that this is the world's first carbon fiber seismic building. The main body of the building is made of concrete, made of carbon fiber and surrounded by sponge-like ceramic materials that look like grass. The roof also has a sky garden, which relies on rainwater to irrigate plants. Kengo Kuma uses Komatsu's sleek signature thermoplastic carbon fiber material CABKOMA to make a carbon fiber rod that surrounds the entire building. Komatsu refinement pointed out that CABKOMA has the advantages of high stretchability, beautiful appearance, strong structure and light weight.