Cortenkarfe sunan kasuwanci ne na nau'in karfen yanayi wanda aka sani da keɓancewar sa, tsatsa, da ake amfani da shi a facade na gine-gine da sassaka, kuma an haɗa shi cikin ƙirar shimfidar wuri. Yayin da sunan Corten Alamar kasuwanci ce ta U.S. Steel Corp., ana yawan amfani da kalmar don duk karafa masu jure masara, rukuni na gami da karafa wanda ke haɓaka kamannin tsatsa na tsawon lokaci. “Lokacin da ka sayi karfen corten a yau, yana iya zama ko a’aten," in ji Branden Adams, mai ƙira kuma mai ƙira a BaDesign a Oakland, Calif.
An yi amfani da ƙarfe na Corten tun asali don kawar da buƙatar fenti ko duk wani abin kariya, kuma a cikin tsawon shekaru da yawa yana samar da wani wuri mai oxidizing wanda ba wai kawai yana kare shi daga ci gaba da lalata ba, amma kuma ya sa ya zama kayan ƙira mai kyau. "Tsatsa yana da kyau' a cikin wannan yanayin saboda ba wai kawai yana kare karfen da ke ciki ba, har ma yana nuna kyawawan launuka masu launin duniya," in ji mai zane-zanen karfe na Montana Pete Christensen.
"Wannan ya fi dacewa ga gadajen fure na dogon lokaci, ƙarancin kulawa," in ji Philip Tiffin daga masana'antu Ashirin biyar, masana'antar masana'antar Auckland. "Ka ce shekaru da yawa." Sauran karafa za su ci gaba da lalacewa, yayin da karfen yanayi zai yi tsatsa zuwa wani matsayi. Tsatsa za ta samar da kariya mai kariya wanda zai rage lalata a gaba.
Andrew Beck, masanin gine-ginen shimfidar wuri, ya yi amfani da corten don ƙirƙirar filin madauwari a gonarsa a Perth, Ostiraliya. Kayan yana ba da bambanci mai ban sha'awa ga ganyen kore, kuma siririn silhouette ɗin sa ya ba shi damar naɗa POTS tare don wannan tsari na fasaha. “Lokacin da muka yi amfani da karfe mai laushi, dole ne mu sa ran karin lalata don haka amfani da karfe mai nauyi, wanda ke nufin yana da nauyi da yawa kuma yana da wahala a yi amfani da shi akan babban shuka,” in ji shi.
Duk abin da ke tsiro a ciki, corten gadajen shuka iri iri ne masu ɗaukar ido fasali fasali da za su ƙara kyau ga kowane lambu.
Baya ga gadaje masu shuka, Corten ana amfani da shi don shimfidar bangon bango, haske, trellises, shinge, sabis na kashe gobara da ƙofofi. "Ba zan guji amfani da ita a matsayin wurin zama ba saboda zai yi tabo kuma yana samun zafin rana," in ji Adams.
Hakanan, corten wani lokaci ana amfani dashi don fasalin ruwa, amma ana iya lalata shi. "Idan kuna son shi ko kuna jin daɗi da shi, ku tafi," in ji Adams.