Project 3 - Brick as Image

The above building is a church located in Kensington. This is the only brickwork I have seen using the flush joint: see how the brickwork feels like a flat surface with hardly any geometry. The wall also uses the typical English Cross bond and is structural. Bullnose bricks are seen used near the entrance of the church. The tudor arch is also used at the top of the entrance. The surface of the brick is generally rough with varying colours from red to orange.





This is a school located near the city. The bonding is a typical Flemish bond and the brickwork uses iron jointing. The bricks here are clearly structural. The interesting point about this building is how the bricks appear like stone work as the surface texture is rugged; the colour of the brickwork also appears very pale in colour and exhibits a rocky pattern.

The above building differentiates itself from others through its bonding, which is a Flemish Garden wall bond. Note how each header is separated by three stretcher bricks. The bricks use iron jointing and are obviously structural. The bricks are of typical orange yellow colour with an exceptional line of blue bricks and the surfaces of them are generally polished. Segmental arches are located on top of each window and it is a worthy note on how the line of blue bricks visually looks like a separate structure.

On first site, the above use of brick work definitely differs a lot from the other buildings mentioned. Rounded and bullnose bricks can be clear seen used on the left image. It is a unique way of how the bricks are arranged to form cylinder/curvy forms. The bonding is generally stretcher with the presence of some custom bonding as shown on the right. The above two brickwork are non-structural and uses rake jointing. The bricks are of dull brown colour and the surfaces are polished.

This structure is a garage located again near Kensington and is interesting because of how the brickwork is semi-concealed by a layer of paint. The brickwork is further concealed as the corners of the garage door are not perpendicular, and there are also no weep holes at all. It is assumed that the paint acts as a shield against moist. It uses stretcher bonding but the joint is unknown. The brickwork is dark brown in colour and its surface is semi-smooth.

This is a store located at Anzac Parade. The brick uses stretcher bonding and iron jointing is used. With normal redish brown colour bricks and a semi-smooth surface, the building stands out because the bricks are not actually structural as beams are seen between the brick walls as shown (white poles). It is also interesting how the building has two kinds of arches: semi-circle arches and flat arches.

An interesting element for the above building is how the arches are articulated by pushing the brickwork forward and using dark purple colour bricks to hint pedestrians that only that part of the brickwork is structural. It uses English Cross bonding and rake jointing. The colour is dull purple and the surface is generally rough.

This other church shown above is unique because of the two arches used which are not seen in any of the other buildings. They are the circular arch and the pointed arch. Stretcher bonding and iron jointing is used. The bricks are polished and are pale orange in colour. Only the brickwork on the left picture is structural.

This is a factory located on Anzac Parade. The bricks employ a stretcher bond and uses iron jointing. The surface is rough and the bricks are grayish brown in colour. The only interesting point about this building is the bricks are structural, while it is seen as though the concrete/steel frame is the element which holds up the building.

The last brickwork that is of interest is a brick room which sits on top of a concrete wall. The bricks are polished and brown in colour, while it uses stretcher bonding and iron jointing. The location of this brick room gave an impression as a totally separate building from the concrete structure below. The brickwork is non-structural.