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Stranded

Organic Textures—Orange Peels

Looking for another way of texturing concrete using organic materials, I chose orange peels. I set them up at the bottom of the form, but they floated up to the top. The only one that remained was the dome-shaped piece which presumably stayed at the bottom because of suction. 

This is the bottom peel after 48 hours, having shrunk it begins to slip out of its spot, revealing lightly textured concrete. In the end I consider this a failed attempt: the concrete was not highly textured and the pieces didn't stay in place.

Concrete Bacteria

http://www.architectmagazine.com/blogs/postdetails.aspx?BlogId=mindmatterblog&PostId=99043

This is the article about the concrete healing bacteria I was talking about in class.

LINK TO CONCRETE OBSESSIONS 2010

Salt Study - Take I

Using coarse sea-salt, I was interested in seeing whether the salt would dissolve or sink into the concrete. Instead, the concrete formed itself around it, except at the edges where it created a perforated condition.