Ben
Oostrum in collaboration with Rob Bonneur
For me the Brick
project was a good occasion for an intensive collaboration
with architect Rob Bonneur. We have known each other
for years, but never got around to working together.
This was the perfect opportunity. Thereby we wanted
to work from start on the development of a series
of producible brick products. No conceptual approach,
but a design process aimed at concrete results.
We combined different experiences and backgrounds.
Our brick project has turned out a number of innovative
brick products. For example we looked into what possibilities
the joint offers to beautify the facade image.
A simple design is the
Line Brick Horizontal, a brick with an extra horizontal
joint along the full length. During application the
image is created of an extra flat brick, while it
doesn’t differ from the standard size stone.
A variation is the Line
Brick Vertical Brick whereby the standard stone is
divided into little rectangle parts by multiple vertical
grouts.
The Line Brick Horizontal
combined with the Line Brick Vertical gives the Pixel
Brick, a stone which creates the image of extra small
bricks. Special for this design is the possibility
to create pixel-art images, text and more when so-called
pixels are chopped off while assembling.
The Cube Brick has a
hexagonal basic shape with joints that accentuate
the cube’s contours. Interlinked in a wall surface
a dazzling “spatial” effect is created.
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