Thursday, August 28, 2008

ARCH 1162 - "Bricks as Image" part 3 (1 Hickson Road, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW)




From this building many different forms of brick work could be seen. From the interior to the exterior most of the building is covered with bricks.
The main type of bonding used is the English Styled bond. As we can see from the photos the bricks colour vary a lot unlike the building from before. This variety of colour is used for aesthetic purposes. It will be more attractive towards the eye compared to the dull single coloured buildings.
The interior of the building consist of masonry bricks and sandstone bricks. In the centre of the building sandstone bricks could be seen for support while side walls are primarily constructed from masonry bricks. It could also be seen that the brick work within the building had be repaired many times with different sized bricks and different types of bricks.
The arch style of the building is segmental arch. The shape of the arch reflects with the geometry of the window and the clay frames. The image will give the building a earth like feeling.

Duncan Chang

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