Art concrete is a landscape design technology that has received widespread attention in recent years, the “predecessor” of art concrete is colored brick, but colored brick used in the park landscape, it is easy to appear fabric color spots, brick surface alkali, etc., is not conducive to decorating the beauty of the park landscape. The art concrete can make up for these shortcomings, its presentation is rich and diverse, can make imitation wood, imitation stone, imitation brick, etc., can be very good to adapt to the changing park landscape.
Artistic concrete is used all over the city, not only to achieve a good visual effect, its function is also richer than ordinary concrete, some art concrete can also play a good role in drainage, to achieve a combination of beautiful and practical, so that the residents of the city more comfortable life. The application of artistic concrete in park landscape has become the focus of more and more scholars.
The role of art concrete in park landscape
Park landscape has a very important role in the construction and beautification of the city, from aesthetics, protection of the environment, and giving people a comfortable feeling. Therefore, the use of efficient and high quality construction methods can better reflect the advantages of the park landscape.
Artistic concrete is used in the park landscape, the casting technology is a one-time casting method, such technology can be good to achieve the overall flatness and uniformity of the plane, and after pouring the art concrete, there is no need to add any external decoration, and the appearance of the expression is very diverse, reflecting the uniqueness of the park landscape. There is also a very important point that the use of art concrete is based on the way of pouring, eliminating the work of painting, brick laying, etc., saving a lot of labor and material resources and time, which has strong economic benefits.
Artistic concrete first originated in France in 1923, and then gradually spread to other European countries. After the Second World War, most countries in the world have explored and understood the use of artistic concrete.
China began to use art concrete technology in the late last century. Some experts say that art concrete is a “great wisdom” form of artistic expression, the expression is more pure, but more reflective of the material and the designer’s ingenuity, reflecting the environment-friendly, resource-saving awareness.
Especially in the park landscape, the park is an important place for people to relax and unwind in the city market, quality design and architecture, can bring a good role in promoting the beauty of the city, giving residents a better visual experience and leisure feeling.
Operation of Artistic Concrete
The construction process of art concrete includes “grass-roots treatment – measuring and setting the elevation control line – supporting the mold – concrete mixing – laying concrete – vibrating and leveling – laying Hardening agent – sprinkle release powder – mold embossing – rinse the surface – painting sealer – maintenance” these parts.
First of all, the grass-roots treatment, is to sprinkle the grass-roots wet treatment, art concrete is required to be poured on the other grass-roots level, must be driven into the treatment to better ensure that the two can be integrated, pouring method more, but it is best to use the continuous pouring method, once to the top, no fault and stop.
Then about laying hardener, which is also a key step, before laying hardener must ensure that the surface of the concrete is flat, and in the process of laying also pay attention to the wind problem, as far as possible downwind for laying, to avoid the wind affect the work of spreading hardener.
In the pressure film embossing work, the first is the control of time, must be in the spreading of hardener after about 2 hours, and if the hardening effect is not satisfactory, but also need to lay the hardener again before the pressure film embossing. All the time until after the hardening effect is satisfactory, the use of magnesium trowel to pressure film, fully smoothed, but also the use of steel trowel to close the surface, making the surface of the concrete more flat, but also to avoid the appearance of holes, sand holes, etc..
Finally, the maintenance of art concrete is also very important, environmental factors, human factors, etc. will affect the use of art concrete effect, resulting in the later aesthetic effect is not ideal. Therefore, the maintenance of art concrete can improve its service life and aesthetics. The method of maintenance can be carried out from three aspects.
First, in sandy and sunny weather, use sufficient plastic film to cover it well to avoid direct sunlight and sandy erosion.
Second, to ensure that there is sufficient care period, the art of concrete care period is generally in about 7 days, but does not mean that after 7 days no more care, if the concrete is mixed with external agents, can be based on the actual situation to the discretion of the time of care. Third, after the care period, but also for the rinsing operation, the purpose is to flush the concrete surface of the release powder, and after rinsing clean, but also to be able to find in the concrete surface defects, etc., timely repair.
Artistic concrete construction preparation
During the construction period, the construction materials and technical conditions need to be fully prepared. First, the construction materials need to be configured with silicate 45.2R cement, sand and gravel, FDN water reducer, admixture, release powder, sealer, etc. These materials are used in the preparation of art concrete, also pay attention to the process of configuring sediment, the diameter of the sand used does not exceed 10 mm. then is the preparation of technical conditions, which mainly on the technical ability of the executive staff to make adequate preparation, in the landscape design requires technical personnel to have the ability of hand-drawing, model making ability, computer-aided design ability, language expression ability of the design, etc., all of which require technical Staff constantly study and practice, and strive to achieve accurate design expression in place, model production three-dimensional intuitive, computer-aided design sophisticated and rigorous, the design of the language expression in an orderly manner.
At the same time, the preparation of art concrete and the later park landscape design, are required to cooperate among the team to complete, and not the designer alone can do. For this aspect, to team training, so that each staff can cooperate with each other, and the formation of a tacit understanding between the team, in order to make a better park landscape works.
Notes on the construction of art concrete
In the process of art concrete construction, there are more matters that need attention.
① is to reasonably stack each tool supplies, etc. (including strong powder, decoupage powder, construction tools) before construction, and the standard of stacking is executed according to the requirements of embossing construction.
② Pay attention to the observation of the weather. Weather conditions for art concrete construction also has a greater impact on the construction period to avoid rain, snow, sandy weather as far as possible, and, if the temperature is less than 0 degrees Celsius, is also not suitable for the construction of art concrete, art concrete construction in a suitable environment, can achieve more high-quality, beautiful results;
③ construction process to avoid cross-construction, art concrete design is more strict, the thickness must be ≥ 5cm, and the entire construction of the concrete thickness to maintain consistent, if cross-construction, it is likely to affect the thickness, such as errors, resulting in the later construction effect is not ideal.
④ Pay attention to the arrangement of details. After the completion of the concrete laying, but also the design of expansion joints, usually, the completion of expansion joints must be within 24 to 36h after the even social concrete, and the height and distance should also pay attention to the height of about 1/3 of the concrete thickness, the distance should reach more than 4 meters. The process of art concrete seems simple, but it is a combination of art and technology, to study and analyze the specific situation, design an accurate and suitable plan, the strength and meticulousness of the implementation of the overall completion of the situation, and according to the landscape design elements, combined with the characteristics of the actual landscape, feel the characteristics of the space combination and scale, and then in the operation process to accurately grasp. V. Prospects for the development of art concrete
Art concrete integrates visual effect and use function, grasps the behavior and psychology of users from the use function, pays attention to the use needs of different people, and then designs different formwork by combining these needs. These forms can be used in a variety of environments, but also pay more attention to humanization. This includes reducing the risk of slipping in the rain, not using uneven design solutions as much as possible, and avoiding the inconvenience of walking for women wearing high heels.
In addition can also be used in the pavement pavement blind mold art concrete specifically for the disabled paving blind, not only beautiful but also can play the role of blind. David Wilson, a renowned landscape architect, said that in designing park landscapes, “one of the key reasons for design success is that each element is designed to have the same status. The modern beauty of a modern landscape is also achieved when there are no superfluous design elements that can be removed.” In the design of the concrete of the park landscape, clean lines and regular geometric shapes should be used to express a modern beauty, and one plant and one color should be chosen as much as possible in the center of the landscape, without deliberately using magnificent decorations.
Conclusion
Landscape design contains several aspects, which can be combined with aesthetic creation and also be integrated with plant knowledge and interior design and applied in the landscape design of public environments. Landscape plays an important role in the urbanization process, not only to bring green and vitality to the construction of the city, but also to fully reflect the ideas and culture of the designer in the process of design, creating a beautiful natural environment for the city.
In this discussion, the author analyzed the application of art concrete in the park landscape and concluded that, as long as the preliminary preparations and construction projects are strictly done, the strict implementation of “grass-roots treatment – measuring and setting the elevation control line – supporting the mold – concrete Mixing – laying concrete – pounding and leveling – laying hardener – spreading mold release powder – pressure mold embossing – washing surface – painting sealer Maintenance” steps, and combined with the overall design of the park landscape, to make high-quality art works to enhance the design of the park landscape, with a high degree of feasibility.
In addition, there are many places where art concrete can be enriched and improved, such as heat dissipation and drainage of roads, which can be further optimized in the future development. Overall, the application of art concrete in the park landscape is not only a promotion of park landscape beautification, but also a better reflection of the realization of resource conservation and environmental protection awareness.