 Landscape of Steel |  Corbel Construction |
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Brawnscape, 2009
Toronto; Industrial
Since the Industrial Revolution, we haven’t progressed in the way we construct with steel. The conventional steel W-beams and I-beams are most commonly concealed when finished. In an effort to express the material of steel, Brawnscape borrows one of masonry oldest construction technique, corbel construction for steel. Sometimes, a lesser efficiency can be suprisingly and uniquely effectively. Brawnscape is a community learning center with library and activity rooms.
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Landscape of Steel
Corten finish
Steel had been the bones of modernism and the boom of American cities
Howeer, the way we used steel hadn't progress since the berth of the Industrial Revolution
Like the case study house 22, we are still constructing our buildings in the same "fashion"
Inspired by an ancient masonry technique, corbel construction, can steel be used in similar ways to express its material qualities?
Here is the idea of brawnscape - a landscape of steel
Site: in the heart of Toronto
In plan
Connection detail
Connection detail
Presentation Board 1