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ContentsNews 2

Textures in Brickwork Design 4

Lambeth 6th Form Centre/Pinderelds Hospital 6

Orchard Park, Cambridge 8

Brentwood School, Assembly Hall & 6th Form Centre 10

Electrical Substation, Olympic Park 12Inspirations - BDA 2010 Shortlist 14

Back to Basics - Brick Textures 18

Autumn 2010IBSTOCK DZINE MAGAZINE

Published by:Ibstock Brick Ltd, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6HS

Editor: Anne Grose

Tel: 01530 261999 Email: [email protected]

Front Cover: Pinderelds Hospital, Wakeeld

News rom the Editor

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In the second o our new series looking at the most requently

asked questions o our Design and Technical Teams we continue

with Stephanie Haywood, Ibstocks Technical Advisor. Steph has

been with Ibstock or 15 years and her role includes providing

advice on the properties and perormance o all products within

the Ibstock portolio, giving ull technical data, including Health& Saety and environmental matters; together with up-to-the-

minute inormation on British Standards and Codes o Practice.

I am oten asked about Protective Materials. Whether

construction takes place in hot summer months or over the

winter period, brickwork needs adequate protection rom

ollow-on trades and the elements to ensure its perormance

and appearance isnt compromised.

Most people are aware that cold weather working can adversely

aect the brick-mortar bond i allowed to reeze beore mortar

has hardened suciently. Hessian is traditionally used as an

insulating material coupled with polythene sheeting to keep

brickwork dry and rost ree.

Similarly hot weather can evaporate moisture rom resh mortar

too quickly unless it is covered by impervious sheeting to slow

down the evaporation process. Ater-care o brickwork is an

important part o the bricklaying process and one which is

sometimes ignored, resulting in faky or de-bonded mortar,

sodden cavity insulation, eforescence and lime staining.

Proprietary masonry protection materials are available that oer

deence rom hot, wet or rosty weather. Purchased by the roll,

they can be tied into position and re-used night ater night.

Covering brickwork in material that is already wet or which

can become saturated may result in staining. Always ensure

absorptive protective materials are covered by an impervious

layer. Wrapping brickwork tightly in impervious materials could

lead to sweating so it is necessary to maintain some airfow.

Oten ollow-on trades damage brickwork. I an area

incorporates expensive decorative eatures or is likely to be

heavily tracked, sheeting should be axed to keep mortar

stains and road splashes o or a protective cover should be

abricated to avoid knocks and scrapes. Alternatively temporary

plastic edge and corner guards can be purchased.

Finally a cautionary word on guttering down-pipes; these are

oten not tted into place until a building nears completion.

Allowing water to reely drain down a brick wall can result in

permanent saturation stains. A large surace area o water is

being directed to a relatively small area o brickwork.

Proprietary temporary down-pipes are available that are simply

rolls o polythene tube which are axed to the gutter opening

by cable tie or jubilee clip.

Frequently Asked Questions

Polythene sheetingminimises stainingrom work carriedout higher up.

Plywood sheetingprotects vulnerablebrickwork romknocks.

A missing down-pipecan cause permanentsaturation staining.

Ibstock Awarded Responsible Sourcing StandardLeading the way or sustainable business, Ibstock has become the rst UK brick manuacturer

to be awarded the very good rating in its recent actory assessment or the responsible

sourcing standard, BES 6001.

The BES 6001 standard or responsible sourcing demonstrates that a building material has

been produced in a way that has minimised its environmental impact, and it is sustainable.

Ibstock was awarded this important standard at its Dorket Head actory in Nottingham.

First BrickShield ProjectCompletedThe rst BrickShield project has now been

successully completed. This was an upgrade o

a 1950s council property in Northampton; part

brick and part render. The job went very well and to

schedule. It was part o a major trial to test the best

options or reurbishing these houses.

BrickShield is a new, insulated, external wall cladding

system with a real brick nish.

For more inormation visit www.ibstock.com

New LiteratureThe new Ibstock-Kevington

Services Guide has been

designed to complement

our other industry leading

literature, including the

Portolio and the Brick Selector.

It eatures the entire range,

rom innovations such as the

Faststack Chimneys, Fastwall

and Arches, right through to

the Eco-products and brick slips range.

It acts as a quick reerence guide or

anyone looking to select the most

appropriate and competitive products

or their projects.

Visit www.ibstock.com to order

your copy on line.

RIBA Stirling PrizeShortlist 2010Christs College School,

Guildord by DSDHA has

been shortlisted or the 2010

Stirling Prize.

The RIBA Stirling Prize is given or the

RIBA Building o the Year. It is presented

to the architects o the building which

has been the most signicant or the

evolution o architecture in the past year.

The building won Building o the Year

in the 2009 Brick Awards where the

judges were struck by the way the

architects exploited the visual quality

o the semi-glazed bricks.

Brick App LaunchedIn yet another rst or Ibstock, they have launched

a Brick App that will allow users o Blackberrys and

iPhones to match and choose bricks straight rom their

phones. This technological enhancement is

a breakthrough or brick matching on site.

For more inormation visit www.ibstock.com/mobile


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Textures in Brickwork Design

Using bricks to produce striking visual eects is not a new

phenomenon. In past issues we have touched on somereally interesting projects such as The Keyworth Centre at the

South Bank University where the rear o the brick has been

used externally and internally by cutting the brick in hal and

exposing the concave shape ormed by cutting through the

peroration.

At The Bath House in Barking - texture and pattern has been

provided through the introduction o a cant every ourth brick

in the coursing. This gives a pierced eect to the side o an

eight storey residential block and echoes the balconies.

The Ark, London designed by Ralph Erskine in 1992 is an

original and popular landmark greeting visitors to London rom

the west or Heathrow Airport. The columns supporting the

concrete foors rise vertically, and are outside the hull at ground

level, aced in decorative brick and appearing as buttresses

beore they pierce the skin o the building. This detail occursbelow the water level o the A4 overpass, and is thereore

scarcely visible while driving past.

In Rothesay, on the Isle o Bute, brick types with the s ame

colour but dierent surace nishes have been blended

together on site to achieve a s ymmetrical texture pattern.

Two houses in Dublin use dierent bond patterns to create

a startling projecting brick aade to both the ront and rear

o the properties.

These are just a ew o the many projects world wide that use

bricks to create stunning visual eects. Bricks do not have to

be boring; they can be use d to make interesting, unusual and

beautiul wallpapers that enliven their environments.

In this issue we are looking at some projects that have used bricks to create dierent

textures either completely smooth, in the case o the glazed brick seats at Orchard

Park, or patterns and suraces that resemble almost 3D images in the other projects.

ROTHESAY, ISLE OF BUTE

Brick Type: Colonsay Red - Rusticand Smooth and Grampian RedArchitect: Collective Architecture

TWO HOUSES, DUBLIN

Brick Type: Birtley Old English BuArchitect: TAKA Architects

Bricks do not have to be boring; they can be used to make interesting,unusual and beautiul wallpapers that enliven their environments.

BATH HOUSE, BARKING

Brick Type: Cheddar BrownArchitect: Allord Hall Monaghan Morris

THE ARK, LONDON

Brick Type: Roughdales Red Rustic and Brown Multi RusticArchitect: Ralph Erskine

KEYWORTH CENTRE, SOUTH BANK

Brick Type: Ravenhead: Red Rustic,Red Smooth, Bracken Brown RusticArchitect: Building Design Partnership


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Lambeth 6th Form CentreArchitect: BDPBrick Type: Harewood Russet Buff plus specials in Albany Cream & Harewood Albany CreamMain Contractor: Regency Build

The new Sixth Form Centre is a landmark building

that Lambeth College and the community it serves

can be proud o, radiating optimism about our

collective ability to learn together.

The plan orm is designed to express a distinct college identity and create

internal connectivity. The centre includes learning spaces, meeting/

common rooms and breakout spaces or meetings or inormal interaction

and oers a broad range o acilities to cater or Sixth Form needs within

the College. The building is shaped around the idea to visually open out

to Clapham Common, the pond and the wider public realm and creates

a lively and animated heart space at its centre. From the building

interior, the third foor library and the ourth foor artists studios give

spectacular views across the Common and local environs are gained rom

the new wintergarden. In this way the building creates a stimulating

environment or teaching and quiet study.

The external building character is purposeully a counterpoint to the

domestic architecture o the adjacent housing which is undistinguished

1950s brick built construction. The organic shape o

the Perorming Arts base is wrapped in a playul brick

pattern, secretly spelling the word learn. The selected

brick aimed to give warmth, texture and human eel

to the building elements as they are experienced.

The brick creates a mellow appearance sympathising

with the surrounding buildings and setting, through

colour, texture and scale it also stands individually

whilst complementing the other materials and oering

durability both inside and out.

The selected brick aimed to give warmth,

texture and human eel to the building

elements as they are experienced.

Pinderelds HospitalArchitect:BDP ArchitectsBrick Types: Ravenhead Red SmoothMain Contractor: Balfour BeattyBrickwork Contractor: Marlborough Brickwork

The new hospital is set to deliver a new step-change in evidence-based driven

design. In a leay suburban setting, Pinderelds is conceived as two wings,

one acute, one inpatient, linked by a public atrium. Generous courtyards and

shallow plan depths mean occupied rooms have daylight and views.

At Pinderelds, the 708 bed new build acute hospital will consist o in-patient

wards, womens and childrens acilities, a rehabilitation institute, ull acute

services and a diagnostic and treatment centre. The project ocus on the

patient and sta environment utilising shallow plan space and courtyards to

deliver daylight and views to all occupied rooms.

The textured panels on the ace o the building have been created by cutting

the bricks as shown in the drawings below.

BDP, as lead architect, interior designer and

landscape architect, is responsible or the design

o the new 86,000m2 acute hospital on the

Pinderelds site on the edge o Wakeeld.

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Orchard Park, Cambridge

Artist: Lubna ChowdharyBrick Types: Yellow, Aquamarine & Lime Glazed BricksContractor: Giles Landscapes

Designs or ve Local Areas o Play, as part o the Arbury Park public art programme,

have been built to help create a sense o local identity. The designs or the LAPs recall

the strong horticultural traditions o the Histon/Impington area, tying in with the

overarching theme o the art programme.

LAPs provide incidental green spaces dotted throughout

Arbury Park. They will unction as inormal social spaces

(not, in spite o their name, having dedicated equipment

or play). Five o these LAPs will be landscaped to Lubnas

designs, extending the reach o the art programme into the

heart o the neighbourhoods.

The starting point or my designs is the cycle

o growth in plants, an idea which creates

links with the previous land-based local

economy and also symbolises the growth o

a new community.

My designs or seating evolved rom the

orms o growth stages in plants, abstracted

and simplifed to create strong, smooth,

shapes which could be adapted as seats.

The sculptural seat orms are centrally placed in

each LAP to create a meeting point and social space.

Unlike a conventional bench, the seats have many suraces,

acing in many directions so multiple groups can use each

one, encouraging interaction between groups.

The tactile shapes have a relationship to the body and invite

people to explore, walk around and touch them, nding

the best view, the most comortable place to sit, or room

to dangle their legs.

The seats, robustly built in coloured glazed brick, will

introduce a strand o connection and continuity across

the Park. The use o dierent colours and shapes will help

orientation. The solid construction and hard wearing material

will make the seats robust, sae and easy to maintain.

The smooth surace o the glazed brick also makes them very

tactile and oers a texture completely dierent to traditional

brick suraces.

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Brentwood School, AssemblyHall & 6th Form CentreArchitect: Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture Ltd.Brick Type: Heritage Red Blend and Bevern Dark MultiContractor: Hutton Construction Ltd

This project or an independent secondary school creates a new Sixth Form Centreand an Assembly Hall. The new Sixth Form Centre consists o social and study

areas, classrooms and administration space. The new building will provide an

educational environment appropriate

or the 21st century and to deliver

the new International Baccalaureate

Curriculum. The assembly hall will

be used or perormances, both or

school unctions and public events.

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The design is a modern and contemporary response, whilst still relating

to the history and heritage o the School. The project achieved planning

approval in April 2008, in the context o a conservation area and under close

scrutiny rom the planning department, conservation department and English

Heritage. Cottrell and Vermeulen worked closely with all stakeholders to

achieve a design which is both sympathetic to its context, and makes a new,

orward looking statement or both school and town. The project is due to

complete in spring 2011

Classroom Patterning

A brickwork pattern is proposed to break down the scale o the building, and

to introduce a level o visual detail in sympathy with its neighbours. A lacey

pattern is proposed to retain a level o s ubtlety. This is a traditional orm

o decoration. Brick patterning is evident on the school site. The proposeddiagonal grid is similar to traditional diaper patterns. The pattern orms

a grid in which window openings are placed which creates a perceptible

visual order and structure to the elevations. This visual order refects the order

o mouldings and string courses on the Main School Building.

Assembly Patterning

The proposal develops these precedents o brick patterning into

a contemporary expression o a traditional crat. The lower plinth uses

a 2-colour pattern. This is derived rom an English Bond and is a development

o a traditional diaper pattern. The upper walls use a relie brickwork pattern

in a single colour brick which is derived rom a Flemish Garden Wall Bond

and is also a development o a diaper pattern. The pattern is ormed in

3 layers o relie and integrates raming around the windows and to the

parapets o the gables.

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Electrical Substation,Olympic Park, LondonArchitect: Nord ArchitectureBrick Type: Himley Ebony BlackContractor: Kier ConstructionBrickwork Contractor: Winchmore Brickwork

In 2007 NORD were appointed

to work with the Olympic

Delivery Authority to develop

a strong contextual approach

to a key utility building within

the Olympic Park. The building

is not designed as an event

in its own right but as part

o a number o buildings thatorm the abric o the Olympic

site itsel, having permanency,

weight and dignity.

A clear emphasis was put on the

architectural designs o the electrical

substation to ensure the structure ts

in with the design o the wider Olympic

Park. The external s ubstation architecture

creates a sense o solidity appropriate to the

buildings role as a key part o the utilities

inrastructure in the Olympic Park. The use

o more than 130,000 bricks in the design

also refects the traditional use o dark brick

stock, as window and corner details on

the ormer Kings Yard industrial buildingson the site where the new substation has

been built.

At 80m long and made rom Ebony Black

brick, the substation is legible at rst as one

uninterrupted surace; however the envelope

is a more open lattice than it appears.

In lower sections, the brick operates as

a load-bearing structure, in others simply as

a skin and in the upper sections it permits

ventilation or the internal transormers.

Across the length o the building the height

varies - the eastern tower was designed to

be lower in height, acilitating a viewing

corridor to the Olympic Stadium in the

south-west, as well as a view to central

London, St Pauls and the Swiss Re tower.

Sustainability is at the heart o the substation

design through the reuse o materials

rom the demolition o the ormer Kings

Yard buildings. The building also includes

a brown roo which will allow species to

naturally colonise the site, enhancing the

ecological value and biodiversity o the

Olympic Park site by attracting local wildlie.

The roos weight supplements a blast

protection strategy, one o many technically

demanding aspects o a challenging brie.

We congratulate the client and

architects or producing a real piece

o architecture out o an everyday

brie. We think this is an object

lesson in how even relatively minor

parts o the Olympic programme

can beneft rom committed design

thinking.

The Commission for Architecture and the Built

Environment (CABE) and Design for London (DfL)


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Brick TexturesBack to Basics

The colour and texture o

bricks is infuenced both

by shaping and ring and

by the addition o minerals

and pigments.

There are our dierenttypes o brick:

Decorative Bonding

The Umbra range is availablein four designs:

Wave Pyramid Sphere

Sawtooth

Special Bricks

Ibstock also produces several special bricks which

will provide dierent textures when built.

The Umbra range o shapes is designed to create intriguing and exciting

shadow eects across a aade. Umbra designs bring buildings to lie,

changing the appearance o buildings throughout the day, rom dawn

until dusk. The unique shapes can be installed as complete panels or

interspaced with standard brickwork to develop bespoke looks.

The established Fireborn range of clay blocks now offers two

additional textures.

Lined and Riven

For more inormation on using brick textures in building design contact oneo the Ibstock Design Advisors on 0844 800 4576.

Handmade & StockCommonly have sot edges, always a rogged

body (indent in the top o the brick).

WaterstruckOten a solid brick, although a ew products

are made rogged. Commonly a lip is evident

at the bottom o the ace.

WirecutPrecise edges are ormed within the

manuacturing process although a soteredge may be achieved by texturing or

distressing. Holes or perorations through

the brick are an easy way o identiying i

the brick is wirecut; these can be in dierent

patterns. Solid wirecuts are available on

a limited number o products.

Brick TexturesThere are seven standard textures for the face of the bricks

Diaper work is a amiliar site in many parts o the UK.

Other bonding patterns such as projecting brickwork (see rst article in

this issue) dog tooth corbelling, herringbone patterns, basketweave and

stackbonding will produce dierent eects.

The bond pattern that the

bricks are laid in will also

aect the nal appearance o

the building.

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