Building with Bricks - Drawing Bricks and Walls

A brick is a 3D solid shape known as a cuboid. It has $6$ flat rectangular faces, $12$ straight edges, and $8$ corners called vertices. When you look at a brick from one side, it looks like a 2D rectangle.

When drawing a brick to make it look three-dimensional, we usually show $3$ faces at once. In a 2D drawing of a single face, you would only see a rectangle. A standard brick does not have any faces that are shaped like circles or triangles.

Bricks can be arranged in different patterns to make walls strong. In a strong wall, bricks are placed in an overlapping manner so that the vertical joints do not line up in a straight line. A wall where bricks are simply stacked one directly on top of another in columns is very weak and can easily fall.

A 'Jali' is a decorative screen or net-like pattern made by leaving specific gaps between bricks in a wall. These gaps allow light and air to pass through while creating beautiful geometric designs.

A 'Jharokha' is a type of overhanging balcony or window design made with bricks. It usually protrudes from the wall and was very common in old palaces and buildings to provide a view of the outside.

An arch is a curved brick structure used to support weight over openings like doors, windows, or bridges. It is shaped like an upside-down 'U' and is built using special wedge-shaped or thin bricks to create the curve.

Brick sizes can vary, but they are measured by their length, width, and height. To understand the size, we can compare dimensions; for example, a brick might be $20\text{ cm}$ long, $10\text{ cm}$ wide, and $7\text{ cm}$ high.

Old bricks and new bricks are often sold in sets of $1,000$. This is called the 'Price per thousand bricks'. We use the unitary method to calculate the total cost for different quantities of bricks.