Project description
Through a series of experiments and multiple production methods, the project aims at optimizing geometry and manufacturing of bricks with use of reclaimed construction waste such as crushed bricks as well as by-products such as fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag. The new sustainable joint-free brick design introduces ambient-cured bathroom wall system, providing both a brick, a tile and a waterproofing in one, hence the name – brick tile.
BUILDING SYSTEM AND DESIGN OF GEOPOLYMER BRICK TILE
Bathroom constructed with geopolymer brick tile
Floor-wall junction detail
Introduction of two brick modules
Corner buildup - three iterations
Geopolymer brick tile production
Foto documentation of design development process
The Research Through Design method has driven the development of geopolymer brick tile geometry.
The media supporting the development of the brick have been following: sketches, photos, extruding by hand, metal press as well as an extruder, laser cutting in metal and wood, creating MDF forms, self-hardening clay prototypes and standard red clay models, etc.
Selected methods and iterations have been presented in the slideshows below.
GEOPOLYMER EXPERIMENTS
Geopolymer production and experiments
