PROTOCERAMIC: TILE TECTONICS
Client: Cevisama

Team: Prof. Martin Bechthold, Felix Raspall Galli, Mariano Gomez Luque, Pablo Roquero, Felix Amtsberg (TU Graz Institute for Structural Design), Kevin Hinz, Amanda Lee, Puja Patel, Zach Seibold, Tiffany Cheng, Allison Cottle and Malika Singh

 

Protoceramics is an ongoing research that focuses on novel material formations with a special interest in tectonic performance. The work investigates a new spectrum of possibilities for the latest generation of thin, large format ceramic tiles, which are almost exclusively considered as cladding and decorative interior elements. The project starts with a series of hypothetical operations and conditions that, once applied, can reformulate not only the role of the material as a constructive component, but also unfold a new range of robust topological, prototypical configurations. 

 

The Protoceramics Exhibition was on display in Valencia, marking the third contribution of MaP+S to the Cevisama. Working with thin and extremely large format tiles MaP+S re-imagined tiles by proposing new material formation that lend the thin material structural properties through cutting, folding, and bending.