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Han by Martex is a modular executive system that blends functionality with premium materials. A contemporary classic, designed for evolving executive spaces for over 25 years.
The geological composition of Lake Michigan's clay and the way it is fired make the Chicago Common brick different from the typical red bricks used in construction in the US. Due to its irregularities and imperfections, it is generally used for parts of buildings that are not completely visible, such as side and rear walls, exaust pipes or structural support of facades.
In the Thayer Brick House by Los Angeles-based architectural firm Brooks+Scarpa, the Common brick becomes a structural device and a compositional element of the street facade. Vertical columns of twisted bricks create a filter between the outside and the inside, a large screen which can both appear open and welcoming or closed and impenetrable, depending on the onlooker’s point of view. Daylight filtered through the brick penetrates the house creating changing geometries of light and shadow on the walls and floors of the rooms and surrounding buildings, while at night the glow of the lights lit inside the house design a constantly changing pattern on the brick wall.
Through a process of technical research Brooks + Scarpa proposes an innovative application of the local brick that becomes perceptually old and new for the collettive imagination and at the same time acquires new meaning.
Designing from a single gesture: Vaselli’s latest collection
The Hoop series translates a morphological gesture into a family of travertine bathroom furnishings, where the poetry of the material meets the rigor of form.