ABS Plus disposable formwork system preferred at İstanbul Panorama Houses as a landscape filling. It was a lightweight, simple and economical solution.
With increasing congested cities, the need for green fields increases as well. One solution to this problem is utilizing rooftops, podiums and terraces as gardens. Although the idea is very straight forward it creates tough engineering problems. Increased weight in total building and drainage problems are only some them. ABS disposable formworks help to construct very practical and robust hard surfaces inside these elevated gardens. The formworks can be laid on top of (or next to) inclined drainage sheets without blocking the flow of drainage water.
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