Kuwait International Airport T2 — vaulted concrete terminal with central skylights by Foster + Partners

Denmark · Est. 2003

Bridging Architectural Ambition and Buildable Reality

Arc-Con is a Danish company operating within international architectural and construction services. Founded in 2003, we invest in business development and services connecting architectural vision with construction reality — from prototype through to certified, market-ready product.

2003
Founded
ISO 9001
Compliance
1.2 km
Curved roof span
2
Landmark refs

About Arc-Con

Two Decades of Building the Buildable

Arc-Con has invested in business development and financial administration across the full innovation lifecycle: taking construction technologies from prototype, through concept approval, to development for the market and end users. Central to this work is ensuring compliance — including ISO 9001 and EC certification of manufacturing processes and products — so that innovative construction technologies can move confidently from workshop to commercial deployment.

Our expertise spans the practical, often underappreciated work that determines whether an architectural breakthrough ever gets built: production planning, procurement, certification, and the business structures that make ambitious construction technology commercially viable.

01

Business Development

Investment and commercial structuring across the full innovation lifecycle — prototype, concept approval, market development.

02

Compliance & Certification

ISO 9001 and EC certification of manufacturing processes and products, so technology can move from workshop to deployment.

03

Production & Procurement

Production planning, supply chains and the financial administration that determine whether a breakthrough ever gets built.

04

Precision Positioning

Hands-on expertise in adaptive formwork and robotically-precise curved concrete at commercial scale.

Track Record

Adapa A/S

One of Arc-Con's investments was in Adapa A/S, which developed and marketed adaptive moulds for curved architecture — precision positioning technology that made some of the world's most geometrically ambitious buildings possible.

These projects proved that digitally-driven, robotically-precise curved concrete construction is achievable at commercial scale — and gave Arc-Con direct, hands-on experience with the practical and economic realities of deploying adaptive formwork internationally.

Adaptive formwork mould with precision actuator grid
Adapa A/S — Introduction to the use of adaptive moulds

Museum of the Future, Dubai

Museum of the Future, Dubai — torus façade clad in stainless steel Arabic calligraphy
Torus façade — 1,024 unique GRC-backed panels
Museum of the Future atrium with curved staircases and calligraphy-perforated shell
Atrium — free-form interior shell
Detail of the Museum of the Future's calligraphic ceiling relief
Calligraphic relief — double-curved GRC cladding

Kuwait International Airport, T2

Kuwait International Airport T2 exterior — sweeping cantilevered curved concrete roof with jet bridges
Exterior — 1.2 km cantilevered concrete roof
Kuwait International Airport T2 interior under construction — vaulted concrete arches and arched glazing
Interior — vaulted arches during construction

Foster + Partners

Kuwait International Airport, Terminal 2

A column-free, 320,000 m² curved concrete roof spanning 1.2 km, realised using adaptive mould technology.

Killa Design

Museum of the Future, Dubai

One of the most geometrically complex buildings ever constructed, its flowing form made feasible through precision adaptive formwork.

Current Focus

International Technology Partnerships

Building on this experience, Arc-Con partners with technology developers across Europe to bring next-generation adaptive construction systems to market — contributing precision positioning expertise, certification know-how, and commercial development experience to partner technologies developed independently by specialist innovators in materials and construction methods.

Selected References

Projects & Technology Deployment

  • Museum of the Future

    Dubai, UAE

    Complex free-form interior wall and façade cladding in GRC (glass-fibre reinforced concrete).

  • Kuwait International Airport, T2

    Kuwait

    Column-free 320,000 m² curved concrete roof spanning 1.2 km — Foster + Partners.

Leadership

Claus Løkke

Former CEO, ADAPA

Led the company through delivery of adaptive formwork on landmark international projects — including Kuwait International Airport Terminal 2 (Foster + Partners) and the Museum of the Future, Dubai. Brings first-hand knowledge of scaling adaptive formwork at industrial level.

Contact

Let's discuss what should be built.

Company

Arc-Con 1884

Location

Denmark

Enquiries

loekke@arc-con.dk