focus on materials

Sure set talk at EDCO Design.

Sure set resin bound gravel in petri glasses:

The different types, grades and colours of the aggregate/recycled material make it unique. I particuarly like the recycled CD case example, it is stylish and glittering (if possible!).

Resin bound gravel is twice as expensive as resin bonded gravel, the recycled range costs £78/m² which is supplied and laid on a fully prepared base, however this does not include the foundation and sub base.

I think its best when broken up with natural stone setts

It can be mixed to be porous with a high grade material- making it good for tree grills and complying with SUD's.

There is also a luminous option which is unusual, but sure set can look a tad tacky! It is easy to manipulate into shapes and patterns using flexible aluminium edges, it is wonderful in playful spaces which need to be blasted with colour and pattern.

It can be made to look natural using no edging but in my opinion this looks naff! In public areas it is a permenant alternative to painted road surface signage and can be cleaned with power blasting.

Click here if you want to make your own!

Focus on Sustainable materials

City Scape. Earls Court. 3rd- 5th March.



Whitelaw and Turkington designed a mock public space for the centerpiece. It became an interactive exhibition with a little free booze!

I helped man the SLIC stand which showcased students work from across the Accredited uni's of England. Ours was the only free stand, and the only one that wasn't trying to sell anything.

Cityscape was a great opportunity to have a gander at sustainable NOW building materials methods. There were less wind turbines and green walls than last year and many more stands about green roofs with enthusiastic salesmen explaining them, there was also a lot based on sustainable drainage systems, recycled products of products etc.

Selection of CED's natural stone:
LED's in Resin Bound recycled glass:
Natural Stone Show Excell Center


Stone. much of the exhibition was concentrated on interior design, some stands were for outdoor paving however uninspiringly very little was from Britain. Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Turkish. BusinessMEN, (there were very few women!)

Beautiful marble:Cityscape lulled me into a false sense of security that the building industry was thinking green, well then there's the other side to things at the Natural Stone show it was ALL about money and beauty. Sickening!

Nice




The following picture is of the sienave stand. The material is natural stone Sienito CVL Monchique, originating from Algarve - Portugal.
#Their brochure: 'The use of this natural resource promotes a new orientation toward the use of low embodied energy products.' # Some people just tick the boxes!

But again it was a good opportunity to inspect possible materials in their differently worked finishes: polished, honed, fine picked - granite, basalt, sandstone etc

Glass stairs by Wachenfeld: