Going Green with Red Brick

Bricks have been used for building countless structures over many thousands of years, underscoring their inherent durability. Clay bricks last almost indefinitely, being largely immune to fire, wind borne debris, and temperature fluctuations and their exceptional thermal mass helps mitigate heat transfer. Bricks require little maintenance, and combined with intelligent passive design and insulation can help create buildings that can be effectively recycled in multiple ways.

With projects immersed in the techniques of construction, lies the design intent, using traditional elements like jaalis or screens that simultaneously shade and ventilate, broad blank walls that provide the much needed thermal mass in a hot climate, and deep recessed openings that provide, as Correa eloquently put it, “a place in the shade”. “Using our oldest building technology may be our best hope for the future,” says architect Amit Khanna.

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