Jan 23,2019
We went to the University Centre and looked at a few materials on the lobby floor (entrance level).
What I learned/notes from the discussion:
- grey concrete wall mixed with an agent that makes it a mixture
- fiber reinforced concrete – fiberglass
Floor – White
-> Terrazzo – stone
- They are a mixture of stone chunks and concrete which makes it what it is
- expensive to install
- lifespan for a long time/forever
- hard to tell where it stops or starts
Grey stone – crushed aggregate because it is so fine and added pigment to make/turn darker
The ratio of stone to concrete –> there is more concrete
Grind and polish to end with a glossy feel
Concrete reflects sound – hard material
Wood –
- Use bamboo because of the horizontal lines
- wall clashing panels – usually bought in sheets
- the treatment in the auditorium wood has holes that allow for acoustic mitigation (keeping sound in the room)
- cladding of auditorium allows for air to get behind the material to allow the noise to be restrained
- a type of soft material – acoustic material
Gold brass railing
- brass with patina
- touches a lot – will show that it affects of time and wear
- steel in the elevator – with patina
- can also add paint finishes but also add on a chemical finish or the metal
Glass (underneath the railing)
- inside and outside wall cladding
- fastened to the floor – this is a structural glass
- usually 3/16th of an inch, quarter to an inch –> but this was half an inch
