EXP2: MATERIAL STUDY

Reinforced Concrete:
Church of the Light, is primarily made up of reinforced concrete blocks. 
Reinforced concrete is a useful material because the concrete reacts well to compression, while the steel reinforcing bars react well to tensile stress. Therefore the overall material reacts well to axial stress.  
worn out reinforced concrete, revealing exposed steel bars. 

*note: make this pattern but in the shape of an upside down cross. Juxtaposes the church. 


Timber:
Timber is treated in order to prevent rotting, strength and  from getting eaten by insects, such as termites. In Church of the Light it is used for flooring, and for the furniture. ( seats, chairs, table and podium). The wooden panels have been varnished with a dark maroon colour for not only antithetical purposes, but in order to protect the timber from rotting. 

Timber erosion underwater:

change in texture - becomes most furry looking, as timber helps the growth of bacteria. 


Steel:
Steel makes a physical change in colour and texture, when it comes in contact with water and oxegen. as it rusts. Salt water speeds this process up.
The exposed steel in Church of the Light is used in the framing of windows and doors. The steel is shapes as an "I" to reinforce each end of the material, and therefore give it more structural integrity 
effects of steel under water:

Suspended from Titanic's bow railing, rust "icicles" eat away at the decaying wreck (file photo).