20th Century or earlier
Recent or proposed innovation
BRICK SELECTION
Image title: Insula of Diana, Ostia Antica
Image title: Eilkhaneh
Brick name: San Selmo Smoked
Architect: (unknown)
Architect: [SHIFT] Process Practice
Type: smoked clay brick
Date: c. 150 AD
Date: 2014
Size: 230 x 110 x 76
Photographer: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
Photographer: Parham Taghioff
Manufacturer: Australbricks
Analysis: (75 words): Opus latericium, a Roman style brickwork technique was used to build a lot of ancient Roman structures. Instead of present-day
Analysis: (75 words): This Tribe House was built, not for the structural purposes, but rather for the aesthetics of modernity and to allow as much natural light in the building as possible. Soldier course is used in partial part of the dwelling in which the headers of the bricks were laid on bed and this type of bricklaying is structurally weak. Yet, the bricks are longer than the standard brick. In most part of the wall, the elongated bricks are widely spaced out to create the
Place made: Italy
source: “Eilkhaneh / [SHIFT] Process Practice,” ArchDaily, December 15, 2014, https://www.archdaily.com/577066/eilkhaneh-shift-process-practice.
source: “San Selmo Smoked,” Australbricks, https://australbricks.com.au/nsw/ product/san-selmo-smoked.
House of Diana. Stretcher course is used as it is the most simple, common and structurally durable type of bonding. Two bricks are binded by one header brick horizontally. Moreover, we can see the large segmental arches above every rectangular opening creating a pattern. The bricks are arranged in slightly semicircular position. Also, the wall is a lot thicker and deeper than the double brick wall. Corbelling is also used as the wall rises thus resemble a roof overhang. source: A. Becker, Jeffrey. “Roman domestic architecture (insula)” Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/beginners-guide-rome/a/roman-domestic-architecture-insula
Construction as Alchemy ARCH10002
2019 Semester 2
Studio Leader: William Orr Studio: 21
Name: Thin Myat Noe Student Number: 1068240
colours that suits contemporary architecture. This standard size brick weighs absorbancy and it is quite durable for general purposes.
Part 1A : Celebrating the art of Brickwork
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