Project 3: Brick As Image

Example 10

Location: Castle Hill

Comment:
The use of brickwork in this architecture structurally is quite incredible. The brickwork, in stretcher bond, is carefully laid to create the circular structure. The mortar joinery is quite thin and hence emphasising the brickwork and the shape that it creates. There is also fine detail involved in the brickwork of the roof of the architecture.

Example 9

Location: Thornleigh

Comment:
This is a creative way of laying the bricks to achieve nice patterns which adds to the aesthetics of the building. It is very interesting to see the way that the brickwork is used purely on the decoration of a facade. This pattern consists of bricks in 45 degrees to the base, forming a 90 degree angle which continues along the facade wall.

Example 8

Location: Castle Hill

Comment:
This residential home has purple coloured brickwork with thick mortar joints. The brickwork is in stretcher bond. It is also interesting how the brickwork is again used to form the arch and the frames for the windows and doors. Window silts are also constructed with bricks.

Example 7

Location: Castle Hill

Comment:
This shows the way texture is used to enhance the aesthetics of a brick facade of a residential building. The framing of the garage doors are a focal point as brickwork is used to create arches and the bonding of the brickwork (frames) almost becomes an English bond in the middle of the 2 garages.

Example 6

Location: Castle Hill

Comment:
There are fine ways in which the brickwork is used in this architecture. The most obvious one is how colour and texture is used to create a series of patterns across the facade of the building. There are 3 different colours used in this pattern and even though the pattern has a random order, it still is visually stimulating. Another prominent feature is the way the bricks are used to frame the doorway, window and the angled fence. The window silt is also constructed by brickwork creating uniformity across this architecture.

Example 5

Location: Pennant Hills

Comment:
This brickwork has a unique appearance by not having the full bedding of mortar. Hence, a shadowy effect is created on the brickwork. The mortar is also quite thin and this gives more emphasis to the brickwork. There are also nice variations of colours and textures occurring. The brickwork is primarily a stretcher bond but there are row of headers in between every few rows of stretcher bonds, creating subtle patterns. This is a non-structural wall of the building.

Example 4

Location: Blacktown

Comment:
Due to the damages done by the weather this brickwork seems to have gained very nice and unique textures. In some parts of the brickwork the mortar joints cannot even be seen, though it can be deduced that the brickwork is in stretcher bond. The weathered effect created some parts of the brickwork to leap out (the red textures), while other parts are faded due to the weather. The bricks are in stretcher bond and the wall is a structural part of the building.



Example 3

Location: Pennant Hills

Comment:

This brickwork is in a stretcher bond with thin mortar joinry. The stretcher of the brick is quite long and this is the unique feature of this example. The brick walls clearly are part of the strutural component of the building. The colour and texture are quite common but in being looking simple they in a sense start to emphasise the extremely long stretchers of the bricks.

Example 2

Location: Hornsby

Comment:

A unique feature of this example is there is a nice use of colour in the brickwork. The bond is a common stretcher bond and there is a thick mortar joint. The contrasting colours of the bricks layout a fine pattern on the wall. This seems to be a load-bearing brick wall as buildings which are 3-4 storeys high ususally have load-bearing walls and there are no evidence of frames or structures supporting it apart from the concrete columns.

Example 1

Location: Pennant Hills

Comment:

There are nice variations in patterns happening in this brickwork. Most of the structure is in a stretcher bond but there are also stretchers vertically bonded together. The mortar joinry is quite thin, while the brick has a long leaf. This brick wall appears to be a structural component of the building. The brickwork seems to have weathered and as a result gained some textures on its surface.