Brick

 Bricks!  ***Composition:** The  bricks are made of clay , some ba ked on fire, others under the sun. Normally, brick contains the following ingredients:  Silica (sand) - 50% to 60% by weight.  Alumina (clay) - 20% to 30% by weight  Lime - 2 to 5% by weight.  Ironoxide - 5 to 6% (not greater than 7%) by weight.  Magnesia - less than 1% by weight.

Bricks in metallurgy and glass industries are often used for lining furnaces, in particular refractory bricks such as silica, magnesia, chamotte and neutral (chromomagnesite) refractory bricks. -__Perforated__ __brick__: are all those that have perforations in table that cover more than 10 % of the <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">surface thereof <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">. <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Are used in implementing the brick facade <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> -__Manual Brick__ : similar to the bricks of the old age, hand made and rough appearance. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> - __ Moulded __: has a curved shape, make a row and create a cylindrical element. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- __Refractory__: They support high temperatures
 * <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">*Uses: **<span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In masonry, for the construction of buildings in general (walls and floors). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Is used as a block paving and pavement, too.
 * <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #18aa18; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">*Types of Bricks: **


 * <span style="color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Advantages: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The building bricks are more durable than those made with other materials, wall bricks to be more dense and thick are more resilient in comparison with other building materials, in addition to requiring no maintenance once you built it, only need painting costs but unrelated with bricks.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In the case of clay bricks, that are more fresh than concrete bricks, buildings are more fire-resistant and is also one of the most revalued within the types of construction that are known to the present.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Disadvantages: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The construction process of bricks is slower and heavier due to the condition to be placed brick by brick, which could be with other materials like metal structure or pre-manufactured materials, in addition to being more expensive than others.


 * <span style="color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">*Bricklaying Tecnhiques: **<span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> are methods used to successfully build walls, floors <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">, walkways <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">and other construction elements of a specific space. They explain various ways to use materials (bricks <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">, glue, <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">etc). Mention two:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__ Stretcher Bond: __ is the easiest bond to lay and minimises the amount og cutting required. It can be used for single skin walls quite easily. When used as a double skin wall, the two skins are locked together across the collar joint by means of wall ties.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__The English Bond:__ is a traditional bond dating back of years and features alternating courses of stretchers and headers.This is one of thestrongest brickwork bond patterns.

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Brick and Stone ** **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #329a32; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Comparison and Contrast Diagram **

**<span style="color: #3a733a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Piazza del Campo, Interview ** <span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Andrea: good afternoon classmates, do you know where is <span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">//Piazza del campo// located?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ana: //Piazza del campo// is located in Siena, Tuscany, at Italy.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: do you know about //Piazza del Campo//?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Andrea: I read some about this square, it is very interesting.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ana: in terms of architecture, what got your attention?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: I consider that the square's design made of bricks is really awesome. The walls, columns and floors of the buildings around the square have been built of bonded bricks, that reflect a harmonious space.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Andrea: what do you think about the square shape?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ana: it is very interesting that it has a shell form, divided into nine triangles, and out of them, there is a circular street and the number of divisions are held to be symbolic of the Rule of The Nine.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: Do you think that history of the place is connected with the uniformity among the buildings?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Andrea: I consider that they are very related among them, because for the time of construction there existed a commune that monopolized brick-making, for this reason the are so similar, and provides the uniformity of the square and buildings that surround them.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ana: the square contains an adjacent tower, What do you know about it?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: I know that it is called: //torre del Mangia.// On top there is a bell, in this site there was a Guardian that watched the town of Siena. It was very safe and cared for this.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Andrea: Which are the uses of the square?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ana: Uses are: Recreational because of the fair of //Palio di Siena//, that consists in a horse-race which is held inside the square. Commercial, because there is a popular market inside of it, and touristic, because the square is renowned worldwide and people visit the museum inside //Palazzo Pubblico//.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: what is the architectural style of the square? why?

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Andrea: The architectural style is Late Gothic, because the bricks of the walls and floors have a uniformity.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: to finish, what do you know about //Fonte Gaia// in //Piazza del campo//? <span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Ana: this fountain is an endpoint of the water pipeline system of the city center, it has a sculpture relief that shows the Madonna as an emblematic of a Good Government.

<span style="color: #5dcb5d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Erick: well done, thanks for attend this interview.

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