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How to Make a Wall Like a Curtain, Undulating Brick Facade in Germany
Designing a facade using clinker brick like a curtain. An architectural project by a German firm.
This facade project was made of clinker brick. The stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace.
What is Facade? It’s the face of a building. It’s the principal front that looks onto a street or open space.
A facade, or façade, is generally one exterior side of a building, usually the front. It is a foreign loan word from the French façade, which means “frontage” or “face”. Wikipedia.
In architecture, the facade of a building is often the most important aspect of a design, it sets the tone for the rest of the building.
This is the Facade of the Administration Building for the Textile Association of MÜNSTER, Germany.
Designed by Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten.
The architecture firm’s intention was to connect the facade to the association function and work.
It has been built for the association of the northwest german textile and garment industry in Münster, Germany.
That’s why it is a facade with a textile appearance.
The inspiration for the brick façade was the alabaster fold of the Beethoven statue by…
