Materials+Review


 * Ana Capriles and Steffi Camaton Interview.**
 * Today we will be discussing about Brick and Stone, Favorites Materials of all time!

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 * gabycamaton**: Hello Ana, How are you?
 * Ana Capriles**: Hi Gaby!! I’m fine but I want to know about stone
 * Gabycamaton:** there is not problem, I can help you!
 * gabycamaton**: oh, ok, and what is your doubt about stone?
 * Ana Capriles**: the thing is that I don´t know the properties of stone
 * gabycamaton**: well, stone have varied properties, and this properties are advantages or disadvantages sometimes depending of your viewpoint
 * gabycamaton:** for example stones are hard and strong, but there are stones that are like powder and they collapse or break easily. There are some stones colorful but the most common are gray for me.
 * Ana Capriles**: ohh thanks for the information!


 * gabycamaton**: Well Ana, tell me, what do you know about bricks? I am very interesting in this kind of
 * Ana Capriles**: hahaha don´t worry! I worked with bricks a few weeks ago and i can help you!!! what do you need to know?
 * gabycamaton:** I need to know the properties and the uses of this material
 * Ana Capriles:** ok! let´s see!
 * Ana Capriles**: brick is a very good material for many reasons! first at all it´s cheap! and it´s easy to find and transport
 * Ana Capriles**: also! there is so many types of bricks that whatever you want or need to do you can do it!
 * gabycamaton:** Wow thank you for the information!
 * Ana Capriles:** a important thing that you need to know is that bricks are week in tension but strong in compression and if you want to build something with break you are going t need mortar and concrete to bonding it.
 * Ana Capriles**: that´s what I know and I hope that you can do you worksheet without any problem
 * gabycamaton:** yeah, thank you, I am sorry, I not finished my information of stone for you
 * gabycamaton**: because I was worried
 * gabycamaton**: but, I have to say that the best stone bonding is that in which blocks are placed so that the vertical joints in one course are not about the joints in the course above and below. For this reason mortar is barely needed.
 * gabycamaton:** Stone is concreted earthy or mineral matter rock. With stone people can build different things using rubble or ashlar masonry, it has the characteristic of durability, adaptability to sculptural treatment, is used naturally, and stone is a symbol of hardness and insensibility but for the negative side, stone is difficult to quarry, transport, cut, is expensive, and is unstable with loads pushing an angle.
 * gabycamaton:** ana, can you give some examples of brick?
 * Ana Capriles:** wow! you really know about stone!! sure sure! an example is Piazza del Campo! .. everything there is made of bricks! the floor, the buildings, the surface veneers! everything... nowadays brick is mostly used as a surface veneer
 * Ana Capriles**: and depends of where you at also it´s used to build walls
 * Ana Capriles:** and can you tell me an example of stone please??
 * gabycamaton:** oh thank you, of course, I can tell you ..
 * gabycamaton**: well, first I have to mention the stone age, The dolmens are the first constructions with stone**,** and in the timeline, the next I think that are the pyramids, but nowadays, we can find the Historic Museum of Ningbo "Wang shu" for example, it is totally made of stone.
 * Ana Capriles:** wow!! that´s so cool!!!! thank you very much! now i can go and work with stone without any problem!!!
 * gabycamaton:** Yeah!! and I can work with bricks, thank you so much!!
 * Ana Capriles:** you`re welcome!!


 * This is all for today. We will return soon with more material to discover.**