摘要
位于芝加哥郊区西北大学校园内的几个街区内,这个大小适宜的庭院式房屋几乎完全被砖包裹。就像大家知道的那样,芝加哥“普通”砖之所以被选中是因为他们看起来与典型的红砖不同——这是当地密歇根湖粘土的地质成分和烧制方式的结果。它的多样性和不规则性让“普通”砖顿失吸引力,便宜的价格和丰富的来源——一种平凡的建筑材料被用在远离街道的地方,比如说侧墙和后侧的墙,烟囱烟道和立面后面的结构支撑。
Located within a few blocks of the campus of Northwestern University in the suburbs of Chicago,this modest sized courtyard house is wrapped almost entirely in brick.Chicago“Common”brick,as it is known,was chosen because they look different from typical red bricks-a result of the geological composition of the indigenous Lake Michigan clay and the way in which it is fired.It’s variegations and irregularities made“Common”bricks unattractive,cheap and an abundant resource—a prosaic building material used in places generally obscured from the street such as side and back walls,chimney flues,and structural support behind facades.
出处
《世界建筑导报》
2023年第4期100-103,共4页
World Architecture Review
