CHINAPLAS: The charm of plastic building materials

In addition, plastic building materials can be compatible with new technology and new process to effectively improve the properties and performance of raw materials, resulting in creating dimensionally unique and attractive new-type buildings. These new kinds of green building materials have captured extensive attention from designers and architects to highlight their design aesthetics in buildings.

Initial application of plastics in buildings can be traced back to the 1970s. Early in 1969, German architect used acrylic panel as translucent rent roof for the Olympic Stadium of Munich Olympics 1972 to make the light in the covered part adequate and soft, and interconnect the stadium, bleachers and entry routes with the entire Olympic Park to integrate architecture with natural scenery.

Another example is the EcoArk Pavilion built recently in Taipei, where the external wall is made of countless recyclable polygon PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles such that the entire EcoArk Pavilion looks like a futuristic glass boat. It is firm enough in structure to resist earthquakes and typhoon, and environment friendly. This further indicates that plastics hold an important position in modern architecture.

Promoted by China's Governmental policy, green building has become a major development direction for the entire sector. Specifically, the debut of plastic building materials has driven the revolution in the concept of modern building. With such advantages as light weight, thermal insulation, high plasticity and low cost, plastic building materials have been widely applied in different aspects of buildings, extending from plastic doors/windows, plastic pipes and plastic flooring to solar wafer, plastic reinforced film, external wall bracing, thermal insulating materials and high-molecule waterproof materials, almost covering the entire building and construction sector. Compared with conventional steel and wood materials, plastic building materials can save energy, space, water and raw materials, reduce the consumption of natural resources and environmental impact, making it absolutely an orientation for future buildings.

Being Asia's No. 1 and world's No. 2 plastics and rubber exhibition, the 27th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries (known as "CHINAPLAS 2013") is always closely related to the development of the plastic building materials industry, and it pays much concern about theNike Schuhe