Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universität Berlin, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-270) and index.

Brick. A simple object, but one that has been a base unit of architecture for over 6000 years. It carries connotations of labour, of energy, of the fundamental desire of humanity to give form to the substance of the Earth. However, current tendencies in manufacturing and construction are challenging the prevalence of the traditional brick-and-mortar system. Automated manufacturing, large-scale prefabrication, and digital simulation are becoming standard practices. This thesis posits that although brick must adapt to a changing architectural climate, contemporary construction should also learn from the versatility and poetics of this timeless material. Starting from clay, I make and inhabit a shelter of brick. My interaction with the material serves as grounding for a wider discussion of its role in architecture today.

Brick. A simple object, but one that has been a base unit of architecture for over 6000 years. It carries connotations of labour, of energy, of the fundamental desire of humanity to give form to the substance of the Earth. However, current tendencies in manufacturing and construction are challenging the prevalence of the traditional brick-and-mortar system. Automated manufacturing, large-scale prefabrication, and digital simulation are becoming standard practices. This thesis posits that although brick must adapt to a changing architectural climate, contemporary construction should also learn from the versatility and poetics of this timeless material. Starting from clay, I make and inhabit a shelter of brick. My interaction with the material serves as grounding for a wider discussion of its role in architecture today.

Petrological and neutron activation analysis of bricks and tiles from York and neighbouring sites with discussion of the analytical and documentary evidence for their production in York up until AD 1750.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

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The major purposes of this study were (1) to obtain information relating to the number and types of areas of work included in the routine duties performed by the maintenance employees employed in a selected group of Acme Brick Company production plants, (2) to determine the nature of any training that may have assisted in the development of their ability to perform the skills normally involved in each area of work, and (3) to recommend to Acme Brick Company areas of instruction to be included in a training program for its employees.

Stadsdelshuset ämnar att undersöka både platsens och programmets dualism.Spånga, som omtalas som Spånga socken i skrift så tidigt som 1300-tal, har genom sina historiska och samtida lager ett motsatsförhållande, där Spånga till allra största del utgörs av stora villa-områden från tidigt 1900-tal präglas stationsområdet och Spånga torg av modernare flerbostadshus, punkthus, bussterminalen och pendeltågsstationen. Två väldigt olika tempon uppfattas när man rör sig från det ena till det andra.Programmet, Stadsdelshuset, har en liknande problematik, där det å ena sidan beskrivs som en publik, öppen plats, ett vardagsrum för de som bor i kommunen, och å andra sidan måste hantera strikta krav på sekretess, säkerhet för de som arbetar på kommunen och för de besökande, samt den inre logik och effektivitet som krävs av en kontorsbyggnad.För att hantera bussterminalen, stationen och trafiken började jag med att placera en volym i hörnet vid Värsta Allé. Hörnet kändes särskilt viktigt för platsen i och med dess omedelbara anslutning till stationen, torget och rörelsen mellan de båda. Den volymen tänkte jag mig som den offentliga, och där placerade jag entrén, receptionen, restaurangen, hörsalen, de offentliga mötesrummen och allmänna ytor att vistas på utan ärende. Den andra, smalare volymen placerades för att rama in tomten och skapa innergården. På så sätt kan man genom att röra sig genom huset uppleva den temposkillnad som redan är inbyggd i Spånga som stadsdel, från den hektiska bussterminalen och stationen till den lugna trädgården. I den volymen är alla kontorsplatser placerade. Volymen är också en våning högre än den offentliga, och möter därför omkringliggande bebyggelse som en trappa från det lägsta till det högsta huset intill.AtriumetGenom att dela upp programmet i byggnaden i separata men integrerade volymer uppstod ett möte mellan dessa två, där jag placerat ett stort atrium. Atriumet skapar en fantastisk rumslighet, där byggnadens dualism blir tydlig samtidigt som den gör att alla kontorsplatser, oavsett placering, får tillgång till dagsljus. Jag ville att byggnadens uttryck tydligt skulle visa att det var ett stadshus, men också att byggnaden var förankrad i platsen och Spånga. Jag försökte jobba med en rytm vertikalt i fasad som knyter samman de bägge volymerna. De horisontella linjerna fick brytas för att ändå visa att det är olika delar av programmet som fått plats i de olika volymerna, de är också delvis hämtade från bebyggelsen runt platsen, framförallt de äldsta trähuset. Koppartaket är också det delvis en blinkning till Spånga och dess äldre bebyggelse, men också ett val jag anser passar stadshus-typologin.Byggnaden är en betongbyggnad med en fasad i tegel och koppartak. Materialen har jag valt av många anledningar. Både betong och tegel skapar en känsla av stabilitet, en känsla av en byggnad som kommer att stå kvar och vara viktig för platsen lång tid framöver. Teglet ger också byggnaden en seriösare intryck, samtidigt som den ytterligare ger fasaden en rytm, både vertikalt och horisontellt. Alla tre material är också material som åldras vackert, utan underhåll, vilket också bidrar till byggnadens permanenta helhet.Byggnadens stomme och konstruktion, en bärande fasad, gör den också enkel att renovera och bygga om invändigt utan att ändra det yttre, för framtida behov av funktioner i stadsdelshuset.Innergården som skapas av byggnadsvolymerna planteras där det tidigare varit parkeringsplatser, och blir därför ytterligare en trädgård som bidrar till Spångas grönska. / The five/four story brick and concrete building consists of office spaces for all the departments of the Spånga-Tensta municipality, a lecture hall, public conference rooms, private conference rooms, a restaurant, a reception area with additional rooms for workers on call, a lounge, an atrium and additional spaces that can be rented by local businesses for workshops or smaller gatherings. I tried to investigate the duality of both the site and the program. Spånga, being a location with a long history and many layers of city-planning and architectural design still finds its centre in an infantile state, almost like an embryo of a city slowly transforming around the railway station. This clashes heavily with the picturesque garden-city that is the majority of Spånga, and borders surrounding the urban and the almost rural areas are non-existent. The program has a corresponding duality - the concept of a city hall as a public living-room, meeting spot, event-location, versus the strict demands of security, privacy and protection in offices of such a building.These two realisations, which I initially saw as difficulties, enabled me to separate the functions of both the town hall and the site. The town hall then became two volumes, the office building and the living-room, and the site was divided into the urban and the rural - the city hall and the garden.Even though I had separated the program into two volumes, it became increasingly important for me that the town hall appeared as one. I wanted the building to become a landmark, a well-known spot and a symbol of Spånga centre. To achieve that, the two volumes where connected with an atrium, in which both horizontal and vertical movements were made possible, and where a certain level of transparency could be allowed. I also identified the corner of Värsta Allé as an important spot on the site, and therefore a natural place for the entrance. The volumes follow the topography of the built environment surrounding the site, and the facades of the town hall attempts to both follow the natural rhythm of the adjacent buildings, and also fit in with what I saw as the town hall-typology.

The object of this thesis is a modestly scaled house at Smith Mountain Lake. The objective of this thesis is to please the senses through material composition. We gain knowledge and sensible understanding of our world through physical interaction and direct sensory experience. Through touching, smelling, listening, and observing we form and guide our choices. These experiences enrich the designer's knowledge of material properties and thus the proper use of materials. The primary focus of this study seeks to understand the physical properties of materials in relation to a site and to each other. Following, it attempts to transform these materials into elements of architecture, as the functional components of a building. Forms derive their unique qualities from these materials; qualities that enrich our consciousness, evoke sensible memories, and fulfill expectations. Chosen for their qualities as well as their perceptions, brick and wood, present a dynamic dialogue about mass in volume.The story of this house is told in relation to how the brick responds to the primary structure and how it orchestrates architectural elements within the whole. The dichotomy between these two materials lends this study to a larger exploration of joinery. The internal joining of wood to wood, or tectonic joining, produces a different expression than the joining of different materials. Wood to brick, for instance produces the legible differentiation of the architectural elements within the house. The arrangement of these materials articulates structure as well as spatial distinctions within the whole. Where volumes detach, glass bridges these materials as its attributes blend the differentiation between an interior and exterior condition. Articulating how these materials meet addresses essential architectural questions of knowledge, thought, and order as well as ephemeral pleasures. To enjoy the physical experience, as it is embraced by all of the senses, is the final goal and desire of this thesis. / Master of Architecture / This quest began by trying to treat one side of a constructed line independently from the other side. Formal distinctions were made, and then later material distinctions in order to treat a building's interior and exterior independently. This thesis study treats the structure independently from the envelope, while creating spatial distinctions within the house through material decisions. Brick and wood were chosen for their contrasting properties, both physically and perceptually. The Brick, with its telluric, of the earth presence, has an obligation to the site, weather, and time. The wood on the other hand, with its tectonic nature, has an obligation to the human touch. The structure, which serves as protection from the elements, its pulled inside to live with the humans as heavy timber posts. The brick is then left to the essential elements of the house, to one day stand as ruins. Namely, the entrance, the hearth, the base, and parts of the envelope, The architectural questions are then asked through material composition and elemental joints.