Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral) Materials
Recycled Waterjet Red Garnet Sand
Mineral / Mineral based
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-394-a
Within the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, students and faculty have several machining and fabrication technologies to work with to create …
TKO Area 137 Fill Bank Clay 02 CNC Milled Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-349-n
A landscape model of the Tseung Kwan O Area 37 Fill Bank was created out of 12 compressed earth bricks. These bricks were created using …
TKO Clay 02/Bentonite (12:1) Pressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-m
This set of bricks were part of an experiment to determine the amount of bentonite (23-1000-349-e) to add to a clay-y soil (23-1000-349-d). This soil …
TKO Clay 02/Bentonite (4:1) Pressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-k
This set of bricks were part of an experiment to determine the amount of bentonite (23-1000-349-e) to add to a clay-y soil (23-1000-349-d). This soil …
Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Bentonite Clay
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-e
Within Hong Kong bentonite is used as a coating or lubricant for large construction drilling. The bentonite is mixed with water and used to coat …
Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Clay 02
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-d
This soil was designated as public fill within the Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank.
"...Construction and demolition (C & D) materials are a …
Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Soil Chunk
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-349-b
During the initial extraction of soil from the Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank, much of the soil was compacted into large chunks. Part …
Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Clay
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-349-a
This soil was designated as public fill within the Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank.
"...Construction and demolition (C & D) materials are a …
Soil Trust Yuen Long Compost
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Plant / Plant based
23-1000-352-b
This compost sample is from Soil Trust's test plot in Yuen Long. It is a mixture of decaying organic matter, bokashi and soil that has …
Soil Trust Yuen Long Clay Loam
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-352-a
This clay soil sample is from Soil Trust's test plot in Yuen Long. It has not been amended with bokashi, instead this soil was heavily …
HKU East Entrance Clay
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-351-a
This sample was collected from a dumpster outside of HKU's East Entrance. The soil/fill within the dumpster was a result of an adjacent construction site …
Tin Shui Wai Clay (secondary subsoil)
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-7182-332-d
Soil was collected from farmland in Tin Shui Wan. A farmer tried digging a 2-meter deep well and extracting the soil. The soil structure could …
Tin Shui Wai Clay (SUBSOIL)
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-7182-332-c
Soil was collected from farmland in Tin Shui Wan. A farmer tried digging a 2-meter deep well and extracting the soil. The soil structure could …
TIN SHUI WAI CLAY (TOPSOIL)
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-7182-332-b
Soil was collected from farmland in Tin Shui Wan. A farmer tried digging a 2-meter deep well and extracting the soil. The soil structure could …
White Cob Tile
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-7182-332-a
Clay for this compressed tile experiment was found two meters beneath farmland in Tin Shui Wai. The tile was produced by compressing a mixture of …