What are Stabilized Mud Blocks? Stabilized Mud Blocks (SMBs) are an alternative green Building that can be used as an alternative to Bricks or ACC blocks. Bricks and ACC blocks used more energy to produce than SMBs. SMBs are made from a mixture of locally available soil, water, and stabilizers such as cement, lime, or fly ash. The exact proportions of each material may vary depending on the type of soil and stabilizer used, as well as the desired properties of the SMBs. However, a general guideline for SMB production is: Soil: The soil used in SMB production should be clayey or silty, with low sand content. The ideal soil should have a plasticity index (PI) between 10 and 20, and a pH value between 6 and 7.5. Water: The water used in SMB production should be clean and free from impurities. Stabilizers: The stabilizers used in SMB production include cement, lime, or fly ash. The amount of stabilizer used will depend on the type of stabilizer and the soil characteristics. Typically, the
Any one related to field
of Art & Architecture loves to see the work of great architects & legends of their particular fields & also wanted to learn from them. But it
is not possible that a student can go & travel the whole world & meet
each and every architect & learn from them. So, there is another way of
doing it that is watching their work & learns from their interviews & talks. “Architecture Documentary” is
a way of learning from your inspiration or idol architects.
DOCUMENTARY: Most
of the documentaries are either filmed on individual architect’s work of a particular
project. There are some documentaries which are base on architecture eras and
principles of designing. I don’t know when the first film was made but
according to me the first film is an American Short film dated back in 1967
& the name was “Monument to the Dream”.
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The Gateway Arch National Park, formerly
known as the Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial until 2018, is an American national park located
in St. Louis, Missouri. The gate was design by The Gateway Arch,
known as the "Gateway to the West", is the tallest structure in
Missouri. It was designed by Finnish-American Architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and October
1965. It is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide at its base. The supports are 54
feet wide at the base & 17 feet at the top of the arch. There is a unique
tram system to carry passengers to the observation room at the top of the arch.
Some of the best
directed &executed films according to me are,
1.
How much does your building weigh
MR.Foster!
(
works of Norman Foster )
2.
My Architect
(
Documentary of luois kahn by his son )
3.
Sketches of Frank Gehry
(
an episode from American Masters )
4.
First Person Singular : I.M.Pie
(
works of architect I.M.Pie )
5.
Urbanized
6.
Unfinished Spaces
7.
Oscar Niemeyer - A Vida É Um Sopro
8.
Peter Eisenmman : Making
architecture Move
9.
Big Time
As on now, There are also some of the nice
movies like
Great expectation,
Infinite
spaces,
Berlin Babylon,
Visual
Acoustics,
If You Built It!,
Eames
: The Architect and The Painter,
Los Angeles plays itself,
Garbage
warrior,
Rem Kulhas,
Minimalism,
Ground Zero Supertower,
& so on…..
The
list is too long.
You-tube Channels:
There
are some you-tube channels they teach architecture as well as tricks & tips
for students & professionals as well. There are some Product manufacturing companies
& blogs also running channels on which they take interviews of Architects
& talk about their works like Fesenta, Archdaily, etc.
WEB-SERIES:
From that time till
now there are more than hundred documentaries world-wide. Some of them are
available on you tube for free to watch some are paid. Nowadays there are new
trends of web-series, architecture education are also on web series like, “MASTERCLASS”,
“NETFLIX”, “REDDIT”, “YOUTUBE”, ETC. So, if you have subscription of them of
other purposes!!! You can also use them for learning! (you know what I mean!)
Hope this will help you learning better!!!
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