THINKING ABOUT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Figure 8.8 Pre-cast modular concrete units,Telefónica office park, Madrid, Spain.
A
B
Figure 8.9 Construction detail of a concrete wall faced with quarried stone, Manzanares River Park, Madrid, Spain, by West 8.
walls were then faced with pre-cast concrete units or quarried rock. See Figure 8.9 for details of attaching granite rock facing on a wall. The pavement surface is made from two sizes of modular concrete units: a smaller square unit at the base of the seat bench and a larger square unit for the walking surface.
Stone Stone is a common material found in nature. Stone is quarried from many geologic origins including igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary. The choice of geologic formation is based on use as well as achieving some aesthetic intention. Stone comes in many different forms as shown in Figure 8.10. It can be a processed product such as crushed rock or rock quarried with specific dimensions cut into a modular form (such as for paving) or cut in a variety of predetermined shapes for walls, outdoor furniture, or a variety of designed 162
