Properties and shapes

Simon Bolivar UniversityCourse ID2125

Missri, DalalSolorzano, José

Alberto

Table of content 1. Materials definition2.Why is important to know the materials?3. Material clasification4. Properties clasification

4.1 Physical4.2 Chemical4.3 Ecological

5. Shapes 5.1 Kinds of Shapes 5.2 Shapes in Buildings

Materials The materials are raw materials processed, elements or chemicals compounds with some

property .

Sand. Wood. Marble.

Why is important to know the materials ?

* The structure location.

* The weather conditions.

* The building function.

* The building shape.

Material clasification.

Stone material

Comes from the natural

stones

Examples: Marble, granite.

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Ceramic material

Mixture between sand, clay or oxides

Examples: Glass,bricks.

Composites material

Mixture between sand, water,stones…

Examples:Mortar,

concrete.

Metallic material

Comes from the minerals.

Examples:Iron, steel.

Properties clasification

Physical

Mechanical

Thermal

Optical

Chemical Oxidation

Ecological

Recyclable

Toxic

Biodegradable

Renewable

Elasticity

Plasticity

Hardness

Tenacity

Fragility

MechanicalPhysical

Fusibility

Weldability

Dilatation

ThermalPhisycal

Opaque

Transparent

translucent

OpticalPhysical

Chemical Oxidation

Hotel in Cordoba, Argentina

Ecological Recyclable

Toxic

Biodegradable

Renewable

SHAPES

“A shape is the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form

or figure”

Kinds of shapes

Circle Triangle

Square Rectangle

Geometric Shapes Basic Shapes (2D)

Kinds of shapesGeometric Shapes

Solids (3D)

Sphere Pyramid

Cube Cylindre

Kinds of shapes

Organic Shapes

Turning Torso

Are basically forms that imitate nature apartment tower

Burj al Arab HotelSydney’s Opera

Are these shapes related with Architecture

And Urban Planning?

Architectural Desing

Basics Shapes (2D)

Basics Shapes (2D)

Urban Desing

Solids(3D)

Models

Shapes in Buildings

Louvre Museum , Paris Agripas Pantheon, Rome

Banaven Center, Caracas

Shapes in Buildings

TV Tower, Berlin

Bibliography http://www.slideshare.net/areatecnologia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material http://www.lpi.tel.uva.es/~nacho/docencia. http://www.quecutre.com/cordoba-oxidada-cordoba-olvidada/ http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:The_Elements/Glossary