# Crushed Brick Building Facades This Concert Hall is Covered in Crushed Brickwork and Concrete By Katherine Pendrill | Published 2016-02-03 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crushed-brick References: [dezeen](http://www.dezeen.com/2016/02/02/ckk-jordanki-concert-hall-torun-poland-fernando-menis-crushed-brick-concrete/) & [menis.es](http://menis.es/) Tenerife architect Fernando Menis recently completed a Polish concert hall with a beautiful crushed brick exterior. While brick is hardly a revolutionary building material, this building uniquely combines crushed brickwork and concrete for a distinctly modern design. The CKK Jordanki concert hall is a 21,800 square-meter building located in Toruń, Poland. The outside has a rigid structure that seamlessly gives way to a more fluid interior. In order to provide optimum acoustics, Menis gave the building cave-like interior walls that jut in at unexpected angles. The walls are then covered with a mix of concrete and crushed brick through a technique Menis calls 'picado.' As Menis explains, "The visual effect achieved is that of a natural object, a rock." The mosaic-like design ultimately uses co-existing elements to create a look that is both industrial and modern at the same time. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.7/10 - Popularity: 78% | Activity: 55% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Crushed-brick Facades:** The combination of crushed brick and concrete in building facades is a growing trend set to revolutionize the construction industry. - **Picado Technique:** The 'picado' technique used to create mosaic-like effects from concrete and crushed brick, is an innovative trend that presents opportunities for further experimentation and application in brickwork construction. - **Industrial Modern Design:** The combination of industrial and modern design elements in buildings, as seen in the CKK Jordanki concert hall, is a trend poised to redefine architectural style. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Construction:** The use of crushed brick and concrete in building facades represents a disruptive innovation in construction materials and design. - **Architecture:** The 'picado' technique and the industrial modern design aesthetic present exciting opportunities for architects to experiment with unique and visually striking building facades. - **Acoustics:** The cave-like interior walls of the CKK Jordanki concert hall present a trend for designing acoustically superior concert halls with unconventional shapes and surfaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Mirrored Facade Concert Halls](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jzef-wider-state-music-school.md) - [Textural Brick Structures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beam-cultural-center.md) - [Stone Building Auditoriums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/centre-de-congrs.md) - [Residential Tower Textured Facades](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/belden-brick.md) - [Industrial-Inspired Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/glassbrick-apartment.md) - [Stock Brick Arched Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brick-from-a-stone.md) - [Red Concrete Exhibition Centers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/red-box.md) - [Tonal Brick-Designed Housing Blocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/real-de-los-reyes.md) - [Sustainable Repurposed Clay Bricks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mutina.md)