10. Column from bricks and concrete cube

Now this might seem like a crazy idea but we have an abundance of standard size concrete cubes that was left behind formerly meant for testing. So I’ve decided that it was consuming too much space in the lab that it simply had to go. Instead of throwing them away I’ve instructed the students to make a column core out of cubes and bricks on the external facade of the column.

Early stage of brick placement

Fixing the height of the cubes

We first had to level the cubes to make sure they are the same height with the other completed concrete beam (again water level was applied).Once we have reached the desired height we placed a cut out plywood (same size as the final column) and hung some plum bob at each corner to have a reference line for the placement of the bricks.

Placing the plywood & lines

It is done

(Bricks & Cube Column Song- Iwanna Change)