Methodology for Determining the Brick Design and the Possibility of its Application in Construction and Architecture

The article reflects the issue of an integrated approach to the design and technical aesthetics of the architectural and spatial environment of modern cities. In the ceramic industry, the issue of a single approved terminology is acute, especially with regard to the aesthetic parameters of the face brick. The names of the colors of the brick, its surfaces and types of molding do not have uniform and legally fixed terms. Manufacturers have the right to give names to the collections of produced face bricks, based on their own preferences and a combination of certain factors. In this regard, there are problems with the unification of the nomenclature on the websites and software of distributors and dealers. The proposed brick-design system contains five main aesthetic characteristics of brickwork: color, texture, format, seam and type of masonry, each of which has several levels of complexity. The most objectively significant characteristics and their levels of complexity that most affect the visual perception of brickwork are determined. The influence of the color of the brick and the color of the seam on the overall appearance of the brickwork is considered. The structuring and combinatorics of aesthetic characteristics that influence the artistic expressiveness of brickwork are expressed in the levels of brick design. The article describes the sequence and formulates a methodology for evaluating the characteristics of brick-design, the use of which can be useful in the market assessment of already built buildings, in their design and at the stage of choosing the facing material, and can also help to consolidate a common terminology of aesthetic characteristics of bricks and masonry.

Yu.A. BOZHKO, Еngineer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
K.A. LAPUNOVA, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Don State Technical University (1, Gagarin Square, 344000, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)

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