Week 6

Week5

This building is located in Harris St, which is very near to Star City. The reason I chose this building is that I am interested in the decoration of the building.
The cream coloured bricks under the windows are tiled in a way that is similar to what you would usually see on footpaths, which are not supporting each other and have no structural significance. As there is no support for this type of decoration, there is a concrete slab right under the bricks to hold them in place. Moreover, because traditional bricks are 110x76x230, this type of brick is not able to produce the above type of decoration. Jumbo brick, which has a longer length, are more capable to arrange in this type of wall.

Week4

This building is located just opposite to my apartment. It is an old warehouse, but now it has been refurnished and acts as an office, with a cafe on the ground floor.

The building is divided into several parts, first is that there are two types of bricks used. The lower part is using a lighter brown coloured brick, in English bond, where the upper part is a large arch using a darker coloured brick, which is also using English bond. The most interesting part of the building is that there is a layer of bricks right under the arch; therefore there is no need for major keystones to support, which also concludes that the arch was purely ornamentation and is not structural.

week2 and week 3 images

This is the Medina Hotel I did for the Bricks Regulated project. I chose this building because it has a historical significance and also because it has a lot of ornaments that catches my eyes when I walked pass it.
The exterior of the wall is made out of bright red bricks, and has a Colonial bond with a raked finish. It also has a rough surface, therefore the bricks are supposed to be cut by wires. The most interesting feature was that there are bricks that are protruding out in every sixth rows. I assume it was made to be ornamental, which is to suit with the heavily ornamented building.
























































These two images are taken from a local hostel which is near my home in Pyrmont. The most interesting part of the building is that the corner of the building is built in a smooth curve, and also decorations on the side of it.
I assume that the curve is made out of bevelled closer bricks, which is a normal brick cut from one corner to the midpoint of the opposite side. Only this type of brick could be lined together to form a curved line. The decoration on the other side is made out of four bricks, which are placed to form a rhombus shape.

Random Images

Today I went to Railway Square and took some images of some old classical buildings.
I realized most of those buildings are already resued for other purposes!

Here's the photos(I'm using another host to upload the photos so it may take a while to view):







































This building is the Wake Up hotel, which is located in Railway Square. In fact, just opposite of the Medina hotel I did for the brick regulation project. These two buildings have a lot of similarities, such as the bricks are both red in colour, and they both have rows of bricks protruding out, which make me feel that they are built in a similar period of time when I first saw it. However, this building is not so heavily decorated, which shows great difference that separates the two buildings apart.

Moreover, when I investigate the building more closely, I recognised that the bricks use by this hotel are pressed bricks, which has a more smooth texture. The bond that was used is Flemish bond with a flushed finish, which again makes the two building different from each other.