If you’ve been involved in a project that exemplifies outstanding architecture and craftsmanship and comprises at least 70% clay brick (or clay brick pavers) – we want to know about it! Projects must be completed since January 2008 and any member of the project team may enter the award. All the details are on our awards website.
Entry is easy – simply register your interest, then come back any time before 31 May to complete your entry online.
This project was designed to merge in with the landscape. The team created a green hidden element in the landscape shaped as two forms growing out of the ground giving it a surprising element. The two forms were designed to face each other so when you sit on the seat you can look at each other – hence the name!
Day 4 has been and gone and the participants were busy working on Innovarchi architects’ ‘Ripple Chair’ project at Sydney’s Chowder Bay, constructed by Australia’s best bricklayers, ‘Brick Masterclass 2010′.
Day three of Brick Masterclass and the bricklaying has been in full swing!
Participants started the day off with a site visit to view their projects in the making. In the afternoon they covered planning and briefing as well as learning about different leadership styles.
This project was designed to respond to the landscape, the end of the grassy bank ended in a series of ripples not to different to the ocean and the landscape around.
This project may look deceptively simple but this was not the case!
Achieving the outcome of this beautiful Choi Ropiha design required a very keen eye by the bricklayers. No bricks were cut to achieve this outcome, only the depth and width variation of mortar in the joints.
It’s the final day of Brick Masterclass and our vision is to complete 3 spectacular brick installations by the end of Sunday – putting into practice the leadership and teamwork principals our participants have been working on over the past 4 days.
Working as a team, the purpose of the brick installation construction exercise is to successfully demonstrate the collaboration of end-to-end construction, and in doing so, raise the profile and esteem of bricklayers, and initiating a rethink of brick as a design material.
Day Two of Brick Masterclass was all about teaching the participants leadership skills.
They started with Brick Craft instruction classes in the morning then meet with the architects to discuss applications.
After lunch they got an ‘Introduction to the ‘Being’ of Leadership’, covering what makes a good leader and Resilience and Emotional Intelligence as well as learning a Communications Method. Read More
Opening with inspiration from ‘Shackleton’s Way’, the day focused on the personal and interpersonal relationship skills that will provide the foundation for success in business.
At a personal level, our Brick Masters were challenged with three fundamental questions – What are you trying to achieve; Where are you now; and What next?
James Kell, CEO of Kell & Rigby inspired the group with his presentation on Leadership in Practice – the first of more discussions to be had on leadership over the 5 days. Read More
And we’re underway. Meet and greet last night with our first ever group of Masterclass participants went off with a bang – everyone got on famously. There was a lot of humour.
Now on to the serious business – opening session ‘Foundations of success’ started today 8am. Watch out for footage and images to come from today’s sessions.
