Huarun University South Campus is preserved here as a 2016 LOPO material-development archive.
The record follows the selection of red long-format terracotta brick, the development of colour and hand-worked texture, mortar-joint appearance trials and the use of brick fields in exterior, landscape and interior settings. It does not provide a complete project specification or verified performance record.
Project and team record
The old article says the China Resources Land Shenzhen Design Management Department reviewed many red-brick options and selected LOPO as the terracotta-product manufacturer. It also attributes design involvement to Foster + Partners. Marketing descriptions and rankings attached to those names in the former copy are removed; the team statements remain clearly marked as LOPO’s dated account.
The source describes the exterior as long-format red terracotta brick and shows related brickwork in landscape and interior settings. It does not identify the campus location, client entity beyond the Huarun/China Resources naming, completion year, building area, brick quantity, item number, numerical width or length, wall build-up, fixing method, contractor, installer or testing standard.
Material selection began with appearance samples
The archive describes a long red brick with one width, but it gives no measurement. The design intent was not a uniform flat field: colour variation, a rough hand-worked face and a deliberately grainy mortar-joint appearance were developed together. This is useful evidence of an appearance-control process, not evidence that the same product or recipe is available today.
The former article also made broad environmental, water-absorption and quality comparisons based on firing. Those conclusions are not repeated. Current product classification and performance must come from identified products, applicable test methods, current reports and the complete specified construction.
Colour and texture development in the 2016 account
The source says brick colour was adjusted through kiln-temperature gradients and recorded a range of 1,200–1,300 degrees; it did not state the temperature unit. It also recorded a 42–48 hour kiln period, nearly 30 model-brick production trials and appearance review by ten architects. After approval, bricks were reportedly pre-arranged at the factory to a ratio supplied by the architect.
For texture, the source says hand embossing was selected instead of machine embossing to create irregular rough faces. The replacement preserves this as a historical process statement only. It does not prescribe kiln settings, cycle duration, hand tooling, acceptance thresholds, colour ratios or current production capability.
A new project should create its own current, traceable sample and approval plan. Historic trial counts do not set a minimum or prove that a new body, colour, face, dimension or firing route will match this archive.
Mortar-joint appearance was developed separately
The 2016 account records a “yellowish grainy” joint appearance and eight mortar sample or stencil trials reviewed by the architect. It also refers to screening approximately 40 sand-source candidates, although the old English translation is ambiguous, followed by fine-mesh screening before mixing and weekly replacement of the screen.
These notes show that brick and joint appearance were coordinated rather than selected independently. They do not identify mortar composition, mix proportions, joint dimensions, bond pattern, substrate, reinforcement, movement joints, working conditions, cure, cleaning or a governing standard. None of those historical steps is presented as a current method statement.
- approve the physical brick colour and texture range, orientation and blending method;
- define brick dimensions, tolerances, bond, joint width/depth/profile and movement locations from current project documents;
- select a compatible mortar or joint system through the responsible designer and material suppliers;
- review brick and joint colours together under relevant light and viewing distances;
- build a representative wall mock-up with actual corners, openings, terminations and cleaning; and
- record batches, samples, approvals, nonconformance and permitted repairs.
Interior brick fields
One archive photograph shows varied red long-format brick fields on columns and walls in a dining or service interior. The image can inform discussions about module, colour distribution and transitions to ceilings, counters and finishes. It does not identify the attachment method, backing, fire classification, impact criteria, hygiene requirements or cleaning system.
Exterior wall fields and landscape circulation
The exterior images show large red brick fields divided by pale structural or facade bands, plus brick-lined landscape walls beside stairs and planting. Repeated horizontal joints and colour variation carry the material language across different campus conditions.
For comparable work, coordinate bases, tops, copings or caps, planting and irrigation, drainage, splash, grade, steps, handrails, lighting, impact, accessible routes and replacement access. The visible brick and mortar joints are not a substitute for the project’s structural and water-control design.
What the archive does not authorize
Product transfer
No item code or dimensions were recorded. Confirm current long-format brick body, face, colour, size, tolerance, test data, availability and samples instead of ordering from the photographs.
Wall-system transfer
The source does not identify adhered, tied masonry, panelized or other construction. Qualified project parties must select and verify the substrate, attachment, reinforcement, movement, fire and water strategy.
Process transfer
Historic kiln ranges, hours, trial counts, embossing and sand-screening notes belong to the 2016 narrative. Current manufacturing and installation follow approved present-day documents.
Performance transfer
No claimed environmental, absorption, strength, durability, thermal, acoustic, fire or weather result is retained without an identified product, method, report and complete assembly.
Review current product and project resources
Use this case as an archive of palette and mock-up development, then review current Long Format Bricks. Compare additional documented work in the Gallery and send the actual project requirements through Contact.
Prepare a current long-brick project brief
Send the location and exposure, interior/exterior zones, drawings, substrate and wall-system intent, brick dimensions and bond, colour/texture range, joint appearance, interfaces, performance criteria, standards, mock-up/testing plan, quantity and programme. Final material selection, wall design, engineering, installation and compliance remain project-specific.