EVALUATION AND EXPERIMENT OF INTERLOCKING BRICK MODULE DESIGN TO OBTAIN VARIETIES OF VENTILATION OPENING AREA ON WALL
| Main Author: | Budiyani ; Budianastas Prastyatama, Ansheila Gabriela |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering Parahyangan Catholic University
, 2020
|
| Online Access: |
http://journal.unpar.ac.id/index.php/risa/article/view/3932 http://journal.unpar.ac.id/index.php/risa/article/view/3932/2938 |
Daftar Isi:
- Abstract - Natural ventilation is a passive design in architecture to respond toward a country with tropic climate like Indonesia, so that the building materials should be considered in the wall design to obtain ventilation opening. Interlocking bricks is one of building material example in architecture. The advantages from interlocking brick compared to the commonly used brick is that it has an interlocking system that enable the interlocking brick assembly to become more effective, efficient, and easy.Practically speaking, interlocking brick is not yet popular to be used in Indonesia. To obtain a wall with ventilation opening, the commonly used brick is demanded more than interlocking brick. This is due to the design of interlocking brick to create ventilations on the wall is still limited and less explored. Oftentimes the interlocking system in interlocking brick limits the type of bonds for the wall so that the result of ventilation is less variative. Interlocking brick actually has potentials to be an alternative choice of material to produce ventilation on wall because its similar characteristics to the common red brick.The purpose of this research is to gain varieties of ventilation opening that is made through the configuration of bricks by exploration of interlocking brick designs through experiment. The method used is qualitative method, through evaluating the designs of interlocking brick precedents that is based on the literature studies. From the literature studies and evaluation result, experiments to the interlocking brick design could be done to gain area of ventilation opening variations.The experiment result, which is designed modules, could be expected to be alternative of material choices to produce ventilation openings on wall that could be adjusted with the area of space it bears. Therefore, wall from the interlocking brick configuration could produce variations of ventilation opening area that meet the standards applied so that it could be used for walls that wanted to create natural ventilations.Key Words: interlocking brick, ventilation opening, opening variation