design contexts of corten steel

About the corten steel

The so-called corten steel plate, namely atmospheric corrosion-resistant steel, is a low-alloy steel series between ordinary steel and stainless steel. Corten steel is made of ordinary carbon steel with a small amount of copper, nickel and other corrosion-resistant elements. With the characteristics of high-quality steel, such as strength and toughness, plastic drawing, forming, welding and cutting, abrasion, high temperature and fatigue resistance, It is widely used in decoration project. Its weather resistance ability is 2-8 times more than the ordinary carbon steel, and its coating property is 1.5-10 times of that of ordinary carbon steel. At the same time, it has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, life extension, thinning and energy saving.

Design contexts of corten steel

As steel corrosion is a natural state of material itself, which is in line with the authenticity principle of artistic expression, over time, corten steel has become one of the materials of modern landscape plastic art design.

Different materials have different design contexts, designers use different materials to express their design ideas. What is the design contexts of corten steel ? rusty corten steel is often used as:

• "The pronoun of the industrial age"
• "The visual expression of the concept of time"
• "The label of science and technology and cultural creativity"

"The pronoun of the industrial age"

As the epitome of the industrial age, rusty steel plays an important role in the transformation projects of some old factories in the West. For example, the rusty industrial equipment in Seattle gas park is preserved, which provides a unique industrial aesthetic and cultural memory function. In the North Duisburg Landscape Park, Peter Ratz uses abandoned steel to create a charming metal square. The new high-speed Park in New York not only retains the rusted rail, but also uses the molded steel plate as the side wall of the planting pool Plate and baffle material at the entrance steps to indicate the industrial history of New York.

"The visual expression of the concept of time"

The rusted corten steel plate will change color and texture with the change of time. Its rusty and mottled surface easily makes people feel the vicissitudes of history, thus visualizing the concept of time which can not be captured. Therefore, it is naturally applied to some memorial gardens.

Design of BERLIN WALL MEMORIAL is influenced by the corrosion steel plate . The continuous corrosion corten steel plate wall is formed by using the corten steel plate. The varying depth of the rust marks will bring people to the glorious years.

"The label of science and technology and cultural creativity"

Glass, metal and other materials because of their simple and modern form, are often used in modern creative architecture and landscape design, the corrosion of steel plate material is soon given the label of science and technology, culture, art, and began to be used in some fashion, creative or office environment. With the increase of design application and public acceptance, corten steel plate has been more and more used in the open space design of ordinary cities.

Among them, corten steel has been widely used in 2010 Shanghai World Expo projects, including Australia Pavilion, Luxemburg Pavilion and the structure and ground pavement of the Bund Wetland Park.