This edition features our tips and key factors to help you achieve textured surface and color on your concrete surface.
How to design a surface texture patterns for graphic concrete
Figurative patterns work well with graphic concrete, but if you just wish to leave an expression of a surface, then you should think about the pattern as texture surface.
A well-functioning graphic concrete pattern however requires some knowledge regarding repetition, contrast and the design attributes specific to the graphic concrete technology.
Graphic concrete is quite often considered as grey, white or black/white surface. And all though the most common and safest way to get color to concrete is sticking to only cement and aggregates, there are ways to get more colors, sometimes we just need more vivid colors to brighten up the day, façade or the environment.
Niittysillankulma residential building is a good example to show the surface that can make the building interesting. The ultimate contrast of black and white color as well as geometric patterns make it even more attractive. Let's take a look!
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