Concrete

After being in the lecture, where we covered concrete panels, insitu, precast and tilt up panels, I was interested to examine how these technique have been used and adapted in architecture. Here are two different buildings which have used concrete in different way.

The first example is a building by Foster and Partners called Musée de Préhistoire, Europe’s largest museum of prehistory, completed in April 28, 2001. the external are precast concrete panels which have been sand blasted to give a more texture.

The second example is of the Scottish Parliament building, the architect Enric Miralles uses are variety of insitu concrete and precast concrete the second image illustrates a leaf pattern which was cast into the concrete. the third image are of slender steel columns which are coated in concrete.

The third example is of a community church in Denmark by architect Jorn Utzon, who has used concrete are a sculptural form. He has used prefabricated concrete externally and internally treated concrete in an entirely different form.