BE INSPIRED PRODUCTS NELISSEN DURABILITY DISTRIBUTORS VACANCIES CONTACT NL DUBIO: The stone that makes you doubt Simply genius and ingeniously simple! READ MORE 01 | ROSSO / ROCA ROSSO / ROCA DUBIO Simply genius and ingeniously simple news from brick country! Brick manufacturer Nelissen Steenfabrieken and product designer Roel Vandebeek amaze the sector with a world first: the Dubio. A brick with shadow lines that creates the illusion of two or three thin stacked bricks. For the architect, this offers - until recently impossible - creative options that translate on site into a return with an ecological touch. DUBIO ROCA The story of the brick is far from finished, thought designer Roel Vandebeek of the product design agency 'It's a Roel' from Maasmechelen. He approached Nelissen Steenfabrieken from Lanaken with his concept of shadow lines. The manufacturer saw no flaws in the idea, patented it and proposed the idea of the N70 brick as the basis. Designer Roel Vandebeek then added specific shadow lines to the N70 brick, creating the illusion that the facade is made up of particularly thin bricks. Dubio was presented for the first time at the Hands on Design exhibition in Ghent. In the meantime, the innovative facing brick has already won several awards: in addition to the Henry Van de Velde Efficiency Award , the DUBIO was also chosen as the winner of theProduct Innovation Award at the Belgian Building Awards. In addition, the DUBIO won a German Design Award in 2019 . THE STONE THAT MAKES YOU DOUBT As a product designer, Vandebeek regularly comes into contact with architects, so that he is aware of the trends in the construction sector. And so are the needs. “Architects love facades made of glued bricks. The demand for an original linear interplay of lines also continues to increase," says Vandebeek. The designer, together with Nelissen, offers a sustainable answer to this question with the Dubio stone. “This stone, as its name suggests, leaves you in doubt. By baking extra shadow joints in the stone, we create the illusion that the facade is made up of thin stones.” An innovative world first! DUBIO exists in 2 variants: DUBIO 1 DUBIO with 1 shadow gap in the extension side (asymmetrical shadow gap ) DUBIO ROSSO DUBIO 2 DUBIO with 2 shadow joints in the extension side (double symmetrical shadow joint ) DUBIO ROSSO INNOVATIVE CREATIVITY With Dubio you can achieve creations that are impossible with a standard brick. “You get one stone, but see two or three surprisingly thin stones stacked on top of each other. So thin that you cannot produce them in the hand-moulded type,” says Joeri Gevers, managing director at Nelissen Steenfabrieken. According to him, the innovative concept offers countless options: “Vertical, horizontal or even wavy shadow lines: anything imaginable. You can place this stone vertically as well as horizontally and wild bonding is also possible. With Dubio, the architect will be able to express his creativity in a completely new way.” SUSTAINABLE RETURN Nelissen's N70 forms the basis for the new Dubio stone. This slender brick is three centimeters less thick than a standard brick, so that it creates space for extra insulation in the outer wall or creates more space in the living area. If you use Dubio for a construction project, the weight of the total amount of bricks required is 30% lower than with a standard brick, resulting in a 30% cost reduction in transport. The stone manufacturer thus offers architects the opportunity to combine aesthetics and sustainability. Dubio also has advantages in store for the bricklayer on the site. Because the stone is higher than a standard stone, the return on processing on site is also twice as high. The line pattern continues on the front side of the bricks. The contractor therefore no longer has to cut a miter to make a corner. FAÇADE BRICKS COLLECTION MIX & ADD CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS NELISSEN EXCLUSIVE DUBIO THE BAEKELSTONE CUSTOMIZATION MIX SORTS MOLDED BRICKS BRICK SLIPS PROCESSING ISO-FACADE BUILDING BLOCKS MORTARS BE INSPIRED SLIDESHOW BE INSPIRED ARCHITECT IN THE SPOTLIGHT: BRUYR PARTNERS PROJECT IN THE SPOTLIGHT: DUBIO IN SINT-TRUIDEN FOLLOW US PRODUCTS FAÇADE BRICKS ISO-FACADE BUILDING BLOCKS MORTARS NELISSEN ABOUT NELISSEN HISTORY MORE NEWS: COLOR TRENDS 2021-2022: THE HUB DISTRIBUTORS CONTACT VACANCIES NEWSLETTER DOWNLOAD MORE PRODUCT INFO © 2021 NELISSEN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRIVACY | COOKIE POLICY | TERMS & CONDITIONS