Cortel Steel. This is the material recommended by guillermo for the construction of the tower of the house. Fascinating stuff.
Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark Cor-Ten steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to obviate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years. Wikipedia.
The steel, according to the website where it is sold under the trade name of A606, weathers better than normal steel. It is used in the construction of bridges and buildings. They have a picture of the golden gate bridge on the A606 page. Might my tower be made of the same material as the golden gate bridge?
Richard serra says: Cor-Ten is an oxidizing steel and it turns orange and then after about eight years, it turns dark brown, amber, and then holds its color. . Thats right...THE Richard Serra. If you are not a fan, its time to get with at least the last millenium.
I guess the real attractiveness of Cor-ten steel is its interaction with the environment. It evolves and grows, and reflects the elements which touch it. This is quite unlike a lot of building materials. Cor-ten steel feeds on the environment, and it changes throughout the years. It ages, and it colors. I want my house to embrace the environment in which it stands. I do not agree with Thomas Hobbes' assesment of the natural state as "solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short." Fear and ignorance lead us to believe that we can engineer our ways off of the wheel of life. Man was not content with the bounty of nature, and created agriculture to control his meals, and provide him with his preferences every day. In the same spirit man uses electric lights, encased windows, air conditioning, indoor bathrooms, carpet, and heating to seperate himself from the variations of the natural world.
K house, as it is currently known, is an attempt to live within nature. Its open throughway invites the breeze and the elements into the house. Until dark, daylight will suffuse every room. The house is positioned along trade wind routes for cooling, and is only one room deep to allow the wind to pass through it. The corten steel too will interact with its environment, and that environment will make the walls stronger, and last longer, than they ordinarily would.
Intersting no?
Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark Cor-Ten steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to obviate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years. Wikipedia.
The steel, according to the website where it is sold under the trade name of A606, weathers better than normal steel. It is used in the construction of bridges and buildings. They have a picture of the golden gate bridge on the A606 page. Might my tower be made of the same material as the golden gate bridge?
Richard serra says: Cor-Ten is an oxidizing steel and it turns orange and then after about eight years, it turns dark brown, amber, and then holds its color. . Thats right...THE Richard Serra. If you are not a fan, its time to get with at least the last millenium.
I guess the real attractiveness of Cor-ten steel is its interaction with the environment. It evolves and grows, and reflects the elements which touch it. This is quite unlike a lot of building materials. Cor-ten steel feeds on the environment, and it changes throughout the years. It ages, and it colors. I want my house to embrace the environment in which it stands. I do not agree with Thomas Hobbes' assesment of the natural state as "solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short." Fear and ignorance lead us to believe that we can engineer our ways off of the wheel of life. Man was not content with the bounty of nature, and created agriculture to control his meals, and provide him with his preferences every day. In the same spirit man uses electric lights, encased windows, air conditioning, indoor bathrooms, carpet, and heating to seperate himself from the variations of the natural world.
K house, as it is currently known, is an attempt to live within nature. Its open throughway invites the breeze and the elements into the house. Until dark, daylight will suffuse every room. The house is positioned along trade wind routes for cooling, and is only one room deep to allow the wind to pass through it. The corten steel too will interact with its environment, and that environment will make the walls stronger, and last longer, than they ordinarily would.
Intersting no?
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