New edition of the contest organised by the UIC Barcelona Ceramics Chair
The projects submitted by students as part of the 14th edition of the UIC Barcelona Ceramics Chair was presented on 1 December. This year, the students focused their efforts on developing new applications for thin, large-format ceramic tiles.
The students presented the ceramic pieces they have been working on during the semester before a panel made up of Maximià Torruella, from the studio PMMT; Antonio Vaíllo, architect and founder of the studio Vaíllo Irigaray Arquitectos; Mar Esteve, director of Marketing for The Size; and Eva Pedrajas, a representative from ASCER; all accompanied by the Chair’s director, Dr Vicente Sarrablo, and lecturers Jordi Roviras and Cristina García Castelao.
The panel gave the three 2017 Ceramics Chair awards to the following projects:
Kay Curtis, for the project “Triatela”
For its capacity to generate shapes in a highly poetic manner. For being a system capable of presenting a wide range of architectural scenarios, while, at the same time, seamlessly integrating the inside and outside of the building through triangular pieces, which, stitched together using a simple system of plastic “hinges”, establish an elegant, precise and flexible continuous building envelope.
Antón Aluja, for the project “Aleveolith”
For being a systematic project that opens up new avenues for research in large-format laminated ceramic materials. A paradigmatic project, developed with a high level of precision and rigour, which brings new solutions to the market and emphasises the material’s properties while pushing them to the limit.
Héctor Muñoz, with “Inception”
For being a highly practical solution. From a manufacturing point of view, this straightforward idea has great potential for implementation in factory production systems and has innovative and immediate applications in the Architecture sector.