Using Anna Wagner Keichline's brick
Personatges:
Tema: Building materials: rocks and ceramics
Competències
Competència Matemàtica, en ciència, tecnologia i enginyeria
Competència emprenedora
Matèries i cursos per Sistema Educatiu
Espanya > Tecnologia i Digitalització > 1r ESO > Procés de resolució de problemes. Materials, productes i solucions tecnològiques
Espanya > Tecnologia i Digitalització > 1r ESO > Tecnologia sostenible
Espanya > Tecnologia i Digitalització > 2n ESO > Procés de resolució de problemes. Materials, productes i solucions tecnològiques
Espanya > Tecnologia i Digitalització > 2n ESO > Tecnologia sostenible
Espanya > Tecnologia i Digitalització > 3r ESO > Procés de resolució de problemes. Materials, productes i solucions tecnològiques
Espanya > Tecnologia i Digitalització > 3r ESO > Tecnologia sostenible
Enunciat
Read the following text and answer the questions below:
Anna Wagner Keichline (Pennsylvania 1889 - 1943) was an American architect and inventor, known for being the first registered female architect in Pennsylvania and for inventing the K-brick in 1927. It was, like most bricks, made out of clay, but it was cheaper, lighter, and had better thermal, acoustic and fire-resistant properties. It could also be filled with insulating materials.
- Considering the characteristics of this brick, in which of the following could be used as a building material?
a) The floor of a home.
b) The wall of a home.
c) An oven.
d) A rehearsal room for a band. - Specify why you consider the K-brick to be appropriate for the uses above.
Observacions i context
She can be linked to other contemporary women architects such as:
Louise Blanchard Bethune (the first American professional architect and one of the first to use a steel-framed concrete structure).
Katharine Cotheal Budd (a pioneering and renowned American architect. In a career spanning over 40 years, she designed houses, mansions, cottages, community buildings, schools and hotels, for which she designed not only the exterior but also the interior and even the furnishings.
Annie Rockfellow (her buildings were based on and inspired by regional styles including the Pueblo Revival and Spanish Mission Revival).
Josephine Wright Chapman (an American architect with a reputation in Boston and New York. She also set up her own practice in Boston in 1897 as part of a cooperative of women artists called Grundman Studios). In 1898, Harvard University commissioned her their apartment building Craigie Arms and, in 1901, Chapman won the competition for New England Building.
Mary Colter (an American architect who designed for the Fred Harvey firm in the early 20th century. Her work combines elements linked to both neo-colonial and American architecture).
Fay Kellogg (architect, suffragette, and women's rights advocate). She travelled to Paris to study, and it was thanks to her efforts that the French government passed a law to allow women to study at the École des Beaux Arts. In 1903 she founded her own firm and became a specialist in steel building).
Descripció
Activity on the use and characteristics of ceramic material for building. Its main goals are:
- Identifying and applying the characteristics of ceramic building materials.
- Delving into technical characteristics of materials.