2022 Edition

Gravity is a European patent for an anti-seismic construction technique that allows the construction of buildings using load-bearing bricks of plastic, even recycled. The use of plastic in the construction field with structural and load-bearing functions has never been exploited or industrialized until now, except in a completely marginal way. Plastic is practically excluded as a building structural material not because bricks cannot be load-bearing, but because button joints (see Lego) are unsafe, mortars do not bind and the chemical adhesives cost too much, taking the experiments out of the market, as costs and as safety. As far as I know, such a space for plastic elements and recycled plastics in the mass construction industry simply does not exist yet. This patent would allow recycled plastics to become an important player in this industrial sector, with great economic and image advantages,  Last but not least, using recycled plastic to make these bricks will allow for proper storage and the recycling of a huge amount of waste plastic that should be disposed of elsewhere. Entirely ecological, these bricks are totally recyclable and can also be used to reinforce masonry buildings hit by earthquakes to restore them to their function. They can also be used in post-earthquake situations to quickly rearrange stables, warehouses and sheds, as well as historic buildings that need to be saved without having to demolish them due to static problems. It is a self-supporting technique that does not pollute, does not require foundations, nor water, nor the use of binders. It does not require specialized personnel and has very low construction costs. Gravity was conceived as an anti-seismic construction technique, but its potential is transversal to many skills and building sectors: creating an ecological refuge/shelter in the mountains without destroying the underlying rock, earthquake-proof sheds or sheds or lightening the top floors of a skyscraper, are projects that open up completely different scenarios. Recently I have developed an explosion-proof wall for military defence from the same technique. Please forget the Legos and all their emulators, with which Gravity only shares the material. It is a dry construction technique that goes beyond the concept of “wall” as a compact and load-bearing structure; it resists practically any shock or thrust, opposing earthquakes the only major force, the force of gravity: this is why I named this patent “Gravity – The Moving Wall” which is now also a protected trademark.  Unlike all other construction techniques, Gravity does not base its effectiveness either on the resistance and the solidity of the structure, nor on the resilience to stresses of the materials, nor on their internal flexibility. A Gravity wall does not react to earthquakes by behaving like tough oak or resilient reed, but rather like a sack of gravel;  It fragments the force of seismic shocks into thousands of minor thrusts, breaking down and reassembling itself in a preordained way at every moment in the event of an earthquake and using gravity as its unique and extremely powerful binder to constantly return to its original state, in a static equilibrium that guarantees extreme solidity.