Ferrocement
Ferrocemento
- Date
- 1848 (Lambot) / 1867 (patente de Monier) · confidence low
- Place
- Miraval-Cabardès, Occitanie, France
- Credited to
- Joseph-Louis Lambot y Joseph Monier
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A construction system that reinforces cement mortar with a dense mesh of fine wire, developed by Joseph-Louis Lambot and later extended by Joseph Monier with applications in reinforced planters and tanks.
What it led to
- a direct forerunner of modern reinforced concrete
- used in boat hulls, water tanks and light domes
- enabled thin, strong structures using little material