Brick

 Bricks are made of ceramic material.
 * What are they made of? **

They are used in building, like walls and floors.
 * What are they used for? **

There seven types of bricks, they are: Perforated brick, solid brick, tile or manual Brick, moulded brick, hollow brick, facing brick and refractory brick.
 * How many types of brick are there? **

Brick laying techniques refer to steps used by masons for put a brick over or beside the other.
 * What is the meaning of brick laying techniques? **

Exist many types of brick laying techniques, two of them are: 1) **Stack bond:** consist in to put a brick beside the other, joint with joint exactly.
 * Describe 2 brick laying techniques: **

2) **Running bond:** consist in to put brick beside the other, form a "T" with the joints.

Brick advantages are: It's cheap and strong in compression. Brick disadvantages are: It's heavy and weak in tension.
 * What are their advantages and disadvantages? **


 * What construction material would you use to build your own house? Why? **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">I Would use brick material, because is very strong and durable, It's nice to view, there a great palette of colors, It can be put in many forms not only straight line, for exampl,e in semicircle (forming arcs), etc.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Venn Diagram **



**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Meaning of expression: **

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Brick upon brick: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">one step at a time. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Brick & mortar: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">inseparables. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Be up against a brick wall: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">be between two options (bad or good). **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Come up against a brick: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">have obstacles. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Come down on somebody like a ton a bricks: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">It´s heavy. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Drop a brick **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">: be indiscreet.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Interview Script: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Andrea:** good afternoon classmates, do you know where is //Piazza del campo// located?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Ana:** //Piazza del campo// is located in Siena, Tuscany, at Italy.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick**: do you know about //Piazza del Campo//?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Andrea:** I read some about this square, it is very interesting.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Ana:** in terms of architecture, what got your attention?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick:** I consider that the square's design made of bricks is really awesome. The walls, columns and floors of the buildings around the square have been built of bonded bricks, that reflect a harmonious space.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Andrea:** what do you think about the square shape?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Ana:** it is very interesting that it has a shell form, divided into nine triangles, and out of them, there is a circular street and the number of divisions are held to be symbolic of the Rule of The Nine.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick:** Do you think that history of the place is connected with the uniformity among the buildings?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Andrea:** I consider that they are very related among them, because for the time of construction there existed a commune that monopolized brick-making, for this reason the bricks are so similar, and provides the uniformity of the square and buildings that surround them.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Ana:** the square contains an adjacent tower, What do you know about it?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick:** I know that it is called: //torre del Mangia.// On top there is a bell, in this site there was a Guardian that watched the town of Siena. It was very safe and cared for this reason.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Andrea:** Which are the uses of the square?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Ana:** Uses are: Recreational because of the fair of //Palio di Siena//, that consists in a horse-race which is held inside the square. Commercial, because there is a popular market inside of it, and touristic, because the square is renowned worldwide and people visit the museum inside //Palazzo Pubblico//.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick:** what is the architectural style of the square? why?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Andrea:** The architectural style is Late Gothic, because the bricks of the walls and floors have a uniformity.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick:** to finish, what do you know about //Fonte Gaia// in //Piazza del campo//?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Ana:** this fountain is an endpoint of the water pipeline system of the city center, it has a sculpture relief that shows the Madonna as an emblematic of a Good Government.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Erick:** well done, thanks for attend this interview.

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">**Horse-race in //Piazza del Campo//**.