Types of Formwork: Wood Grain, Steel, and Corduroy

A concrete wall with formwork texture. Rough-sawn wooden boards were used as formwork, so the concrete surface has deeply imprinted wood grain and joint lines between boards, with the texture forming continuous horizontal stripes; some areas have particularly deep wood grain, others are shallower. Another method uses vertical semi-circular convex patterns left by corduroy formwork. Only one type is used in a single space. Avoid: using smooth steel formwork to create a flat surface, mixing multiple formwork textures in the same space, having inconsistent texture directions, using veneers to simulate formwork traces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面帶有板模紋理的混凝土牆。使用的是粗鋸木板作為模板,因此混凝土表面轉印了深刻的木紋與板與板之間的接縫線,紋理是水平方向的連續條紋;有些區域木紋特別深,有些較淺。另一種做法是燈芯絨模板留下的垂直半圓凸紋。同一個空間只用一種。避免:使用光滑的鋼模做出平整表面、在同一空間混用多種板模紋理、讓紋理的方向不一致、使用貼皮模擬板模痕跡。