Really
colorful art.
Location:
Beukelsdijk 21- 39, Rotterdam.
Format:
115 x 15 meters.
Materials:
Latex emulsion paint, rolled on and the roof sprayed on
with an airless machine.
Assigned by:
Borough of Delfshaven.
Executed by:
Schildersbedrijf N&F Hijnen, Rotterdam.
The borough of Delfshaven, Rotterdam, asked Schildersbedrijf
N&F Hijnen to come up with a plan for a block of derelict
buildings, which will eventually be demolished. The agreement
with the neighbourhood is that the block will remain blue
as long as there isn't a new plan for the area.
This was once one of the most unseen blocks of houses
in Rotterdam, and by applying a layer of only 2 micron
of blue paint onto it, it became Rotterdam's most photographed
one.
Credits: florentijnhofman.nl
Emulsion.
An emulsion is
a mixture of two immiscible (unblendable) substances.
One substance (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the
other (the continuous phase). Examples of emulsions include
butter and margarine, milk and cream, espresso, mayonnaise,
the photo-sensitive side of photographic film, magmas
and cutting fluid for metal working. In butter and margarine,
a continuous liquid phase surrounds droplets of water
(a water-in-oil emulsion). In milk and cream, oil is dispersed
within a continuous water phase (an oil-in-water emulsion).
In certain types of magma, globules of liquid NiFe may
be dispersed within a continuous phase of liquid silicates.
Emulsification is the process by which emulsions are prepared... |
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