ARCH10002 Construction as Alchemy Assignment 1A

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Example 1 (20th century or earlier)

Example 2 (This century)

20th Century or earlier

Image title: National Parliament House Architect: Louis Kahn Date: 1961 Interesting Aspect: Beautiful brick wall at Nation Parliament House located in Dhaka, using flemish bond style and soldier course capping for a more elegant top finish. source: https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/louis-kahn-architect-filmiim-ahmedabad-design/

This Century

Recent or proposed innovation

source: https://www.archdaily.com/58519/south-asian-human-rights-docu-

source: https://www.archdaily.com/778158/in-detail-heat-dispers-

Image title: South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre Architect: Vaibhav Dimri and Madhav Raman Date: 2005 Photographer: Asim Waqif Interesting Aspect: The brick wall is famous for its unique rotation. The rotation of the bricks not only created an aesthetic look, but also created gaps to allow lights to shine through, creating an interesting shadow.

Image Heat Dispersing bricks Designer: Miguel Nino and Johanna Navarro Date: 2015 Photographer: Camilo Suz Interesting Aspect: This revolutionary heat reducing ceramic brick employs an erratic cross-section allowing airing to pass through it. Using this brick would minimize the use of air conditioning by means of reducing thermal discomfort as well as decreasing the overall installed materials, speeding up the construction process.

BRICK SELECTION

Image of selected brick

Brick name: Cottage Red Type: Clay brick Size: 230 L x 110 W x 76 H mm Manufacturer: Australbricks Place made: South Australia Description of selected brick: The natural red clay bricks reflects the beauty of traditional brick wall. The average weight per unit is 2.835kg, cold water absorption is less then 10%, has a comparatively smooth surface.

source: https://australbricks.com.au/sa/product/hallett-renovators#

Construction as Alchemy ARCH10002

2018 Semester 2

Studio Leader: [Stacie Ng] Studio: [17]

Name: [Wei He] Student Number: [952295]

Part 1A : Celebrating the art of Brickwork

A1


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