FIELD NOTES / URY / South America
Uruguay
Reinforced brick & undulating vaults.
START WITH A PLACE
The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida
Eladio Dieste’s Church of Atlántida uses exposed reinforced brick in curving walls and roof vaults. The brick unit remains legible while the overall structure behaves as a continuous shaped surface.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in units and repetition.
Follow a horizontal brick course through a curve. Compare the small repeated unit with the changing silhouette of the wall and roof.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Slip white#eee9dfoklch(0.935 0.014 84.584)
Clay body#c6a389oklch(0.740 0.055 58.377)
Fired earth#a0543eoklch(0.532 0.106 36.996)
Glaze blue#487580oklch(0.534 0.052 214.983)
Kiln ink#302d31oklch(0.302 0.008 317.719)