Most part of our cities built with different forms of bricks. They might be made from clay, lime-and-sand, concrete, or shaped stone but they both naturally and artificially has taken enormous amount of energy to become hard and solid. Some of them come with very limited shapes and dimensions and some takes very complex engineering technique to be able fabricate them into desire sizes and shapes. But the Elastic Brick stands in a distinction position in respect to its material property, processes of fabrication and ecological aspects. Following features explains unique material characteristic and architectural potential of the Elastic Brick. EB Features:
The primary ingredient and aggregate is locally available sand.
The Elastic Brick is composed of a simple mixture of sand and liquid latex.
The resultant mixture can be poured into most complex moulds for casting.
No external heat or other form of energy is required for the mixture to solidify
It is air drying material and it dries very quickly.
The fabrication process is simple and there is no need for any purpose built infrastructure.
The fabrication process results only in limited amounts of waste.
The Elastic brick is relatively lightweight compared to a standard stock brick.
The brick can produce in larger scale component.
The brick is elastic and less sensitive to cracking than a standard stock brick
Because it is light, it reducing limitations on brick size.

The Salt nesting processes can increase the overall strength of the brick as its fills the porosity of the composite and forms salt crystal on the brick’s surfaces, this eventually whitens the brick and later on the salt can be collected by community from the facade for resale. One of the important features of water desalination and purification is that the Port Said, Salt Production resultant salt production can drive part of the local economy and has knock on benefits for the agriculture of the region.

The Eb was kept in the fridge at a temperature of -20 °C. Freezing did not effect the rigidity of the material, however it loses its elasticity. The material seems to work perfectly in cold climate and possibly permafrost would not damage the brick. The Eb was baked in the Microwave at a temperature of +150 °C under dry conditions. The exposure to extreme heat resulted in expansion and weakening of its structural properties. There was also some measure of deformation. it can be concluded that the Porosity and density of the EB can be controlled by differing temperature variations.

A 25 x 25 x 25 mm elastic brick easily can float on the surface of the water. The rubbery and porous Characteristic of the brick allows for a suction mechanism creating a material that breaths. This is potentially important as its Proves that the material is almost water proof and can resist in water for a substantial period of time. Therefore, it could be considered a good material for the construction of a water containment dome and construction of elevated quanat and water channels.

This test shows the porous characteristics of the elastic brick the creation of an air bulb around the brick surface demonstrates the relationship of the porosity of the material to the ratio of sand to liquid latex. To increase the porosity it is advised that the mixing process is undertaken in warm temperature and to decrease the porosity a cold temperature would be employed to delay coagulation, therefore, more time would be available for both elements to be mixed perfectly.

PROTOTYPE V02, POST TENSIONING VS COMPRESSION WITH THE ELASTIC BRICK
THE PROTOTYPE WAS BUILT IN THREE STEPS OF A 3D PRINT > A RUBBER MOULD > AN EB CAST

architectural potential of the Elastic Brick.
• EB Features:

1. The primary ingredient and aggregate is locally available sand.
2. The Elastic Brick is composed of a simple mixture of sand and liquid latex.
3. The resultant mixture can be poured into most complex molds for casting.
4. No external heat or other form of energy is required for the mixture to solidify
5. It is air drying material and it dries very quickly.
6. The fabrication process is simple and there is no need for any purpose built infrastructure.
7. The fabrication process results only in limited amounts of waste.
8. The Elastic brick is relatively lightweight compared to a standard stock brick.
9. The brick can produce in larger scale component.
10. The brick is elastic and less sensitive to cracking than a standard stock brick
11. Because it is light, it reducing limitations on brick size.
12. The brick considerably lighter than standard stock brick
13. It has a great capability for using large span cantilever and doubly curve surface.
14. It is a porous material and absorbs water for building cooling system.
15. The porosity of the brick can be adjusted by different mix percentage of sand and latex.
16. The compression strength of the elastic brick is almost as strong as normal brick.
17. Compression strength forms the bricks into a permanent structure.
18. There is no need of using mortar to assemble the elastic bricks
19. The Elastic Brick is reasonably water proof
20. Moisture movement is relatively low but entirely depends of the mixture.
21. The Elastic Brick is thermal insulation.
22. Only use of 20% of latex creates the actual component.
23. The elastic brick has Seismic consideration, therefore it helps earthquake resistance.

ELASTIC BRICK COMPONENT DESIGN 01
A CHANGE IN THE APERTURE VARIATION ALLOWS FOR AN ADJUSTMENT OF THE BRICKS ELASTICITY
WITH IN THE PERFORATION PATTERNS THERE ARE DIFFERENT APERTURE FOR LIGHTING AND BUILDING VENTILATION