As a part of the CASTAWAYS BRICK studio, MIT graduate students in architecture and building technology made a visit to the Morin Brick Factory, a center of excellence for sand molded brick craft.
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Render close up view of architectural model between branching tree column prototypes
TREE FORM Architectural design by KVA Matx with MIT Digital Structures
Photo Credit; KVA Matx, MIT Research team
First fired in the 17th century from the Mystic River clay flats, water-struck brick became the building block of 19th c. Cambridge, Boston and New England. On a very cold day in February 2024, MIT students toured the production process and collected irregularly shaped brick from huge excess stockpiles that had collected for over a century in the factory’s brick ‘boneyard’. The students’ shared collection of ‘odd’ bricks was scanned, characterized and designed as circular materials for a proposed local food hub and farmers market near MIT.
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