Mustafa AĞATEKİN

Ferda TAZEOĞLU FİLİZ

Brick, which bears the memory of a construction, is one of the materials that has been used in architecture in almost every period of time through different forms and production methods. Brick which emerged with the will of human beings to create a space that separates him/her from the external environment, and developed in parallel with the pursuit of creating a place was first produced by using local materials such as, stone, red mud and adobe. Brick functioned as the load bearing element of a building as well as setting the boundaries between the indoor and outdoor environment. The developments experienced in construction industry, employing building elements such as concrete and iron in architecture created a resource for the transformation of the function as “load bearing element” of the brick, and brick has become a building element that is used to create a number of decorative properties and to coat the surface.

The development of the concepts of frontal and surface architecture have triggered the developments in new surface and form suggestions for architectural places, and these have caused the creating of a more organic building practice. The use of extrusion tools in architecture both has enabled the production of bricks without gaps and the developments in decorative relationship of the brick with the surface have become necessary in this process. The integration of automation systems and laminated production technologies in building industry and the search for a more sustainable building practice have allowed brick to be used as a design element in building practice and as a tool that brings new properties to the building beyond being just a load bearing element. In this study, the transformation in the form of the use of brick in present day architectural practice is going to be evaluated by analyzing the examples.

Key Words: Architecture, Brick, Ceramics, Innovation, Building