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Overview
La Rochère designs, engineers and manufactures tailor-made architectural glass products for projects that require specific shapes, sizes and optical or structural properties. Examples below illustrate project-based solutions produced to match aesthetic and technical requirements.

Examples of specific products and projects

• Glass ingot
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: designed for the vault of the Grande Épicerie Paris
  • Dimensions: 23.3 x 5.3 x 7.4 cm
  • Reference: 61000
• Vegetal paving stone
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: produced for a pedestrian bridge in Marseille
  • Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 10 cm
  • Reference: 60647
• Greek pavement
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: to create a light well between two levels
  • Dimensions: 19.4 x 19.4 x 2.1 cm
  • Reference: 60645
• Diamond helix paving stone
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: paving for a Business Center in Waterschei
  • Dimensions: 20.2 x 20.2 x 4.35 cm
  • Reference: 60636
• Floor paving (reissue)
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: identical reissue of floor tiles for the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget
  • Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 8 cm
  • Reference: 60624
• Radial helix pavement
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: created for the James ENSOR shopping gallery in Ostend
  • Dimensions: 16.5 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Reference: 60228
• Le Corbusier brick
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: creation of a Le Corbusier glass brick (1933) for the Cité du Refuge in Paris
  • Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 4 cm
  • Reference: 60227
• Round paving stone
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: round paving stone for the Le Bourget Air and Space Museum
  • Dimensions: ø11.7 x 5.8 cm
  • Reference: 60203
• Screg slab
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: SCREG slab for automotive test tracks
  • Dimensions: 19.7 x 19.7 x 3.8 cm
  • Reference: 60097
• Glass lenses
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: lens for the La Marseillaise Tower (Jean Nouvel)
  • Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 cm
  • Reference: 60995
• Wave wall tile
  • Type: specific glass product
  • Use: glass tile by B. Converse for the Restaurant Le Parc Besançon
  • Dimensions: 30 x 10 x 1.5 cm
  • Reference: 60282

Manufacturing approach and use
La Rochère manufactures bespoke architectural glass to obtain required optical, textural and mechanical properties. Production is project-driven and can reproduce historic elements or develop new geometries for façades, floors, vaults, bridges and interiors. Collaboration with architects and specifiers ensures compliance with design and performance specifications.

Certifications & country of manufacture
Specific products are manufactured in France. Selected projects benefit from in-situ certification ORIGINE FRANCE GARANTIE where applicable.

Characteristics / technical specifications

• Brand: La Rochère
• Material: architectural glass with custom compositions and finishes
• Typical items: ingots, bricks, paving stones, slabs, lenses, wall tiles
• Size examples: from lenses (≈7.4 x 5.1 cm) to larger tiles (up to 30 x 10 x 1.5 cm and various paving formats)
• Production: tailor-made, project-based to meet architect specifications and historic reproductions
• Applications: vaults, light wells, pedestrian bridges, museum floors, shopping galleries, façades, test-track slabs, interior wall tiles
• Certification: projects delivered from France; selected items certified ORIGINE FRANCE GARANTIE in situ