The Rain Bricks are structural elements for building facade water irrigation systems that store and
channel rainwater in a built environment. The system is based on an extruded
brick that can be stacked just like traditional bricks with the advantage of being able
to collect and guide rainwater. The
water can be collected to create a green facade, thus enabling biodiversity or can be guided towards dedicated
water collectors in case of high overflow.
The project included building our own tools and farming clay from our local environment. Todays Bricks are usually highly industrialized / professionalized products. Through this project we try to show a design approach for the production method within the combination of craftmanship and common ressources, including open-source technology and knowledge. Due to limited time the prototypes were made from industrial clay.
If you are interested in this design process or want instructions for the used tools feel free to contact us. You can find the Documentation as a PDF
(only german version) here.
︎ Material: Industrial clay
︎ Method: Extruding
︎ Tools: Extruder
Prototyping-Stage
Ben Wesch
Kiel, DE
The project included building our own tools and farming clay from our local environment. Todays Bricks are usually highly industrialized / professionalized products. Through this project we try to show a design approach for the production method within the combination of craftmanship and common ressources, including open-source technology and knowledge. Due to limited time the prototypes were made from industrial clay.
If you are interested in this design process or want instructions for the used tools feel free to contact us. You can find the Documentation as a PDF
(only german version) here.
︎ Material: Industrial clay
︎ Method: Extruding
︎ Tools: Extruder
Prototyping-Stage
Ben Wesch
Kiel, DE