jali work in brick used for decoration and ventilation

as i decide to use brick as one of the material for my design i came across brick jali work as a replacement for windows for saving money.WINDOWS ARE COSTLY. ONE SQUARE FOOT OF-WINDOW CAN COST UP TO TEN TIMES THE COST OF THE SIMPLE BRICK OR STONE WALL IT REPLACES.
A WINDOW HAS VARIED FUNCTIONS :-

1)TO LOOK OUT OF,
2)TO LET LIGHT INSIDE A ROOM,
3)TO LET IN FRESH AIR,
4)TO LET IN FRESH AIR,AND SO ON....

COST EFFICIENT REPLACEMENT: "BRICK JALI"

IN MANY OF THESE SITUATIONS LISTED ABOVE  A “JALI” IS JUST AS EFFECTIVE. FAR FROM BEING A LOT MORE COSTLY THAN THE BASIC WALL, IF MADE OF BRICK IT CAN BE LESS COSTLY THAN THE HOUSE WALL.

THE BOTTOM PICTURE SHOWS THE SIMPLE HONEYCOMB BRICK PATTERN. WIDE VERTICAL JOINTS ARE LEFT OPEN AND NOT FILLED WITH MORTAR.

THE PICTURES ABOVE SHOW A FEW OF MANY POSSIBLE VARIATIONS. THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE COSTLY WINDOW.

I have used these kind of jali work in my design for both ventilation and intresting patterns of light.

Here are some examples where this work is used brilliantly.

this is a cafeteria building done by the architect jerad de'cunha in goa.