LIVING TEXTURE
The two casted clay tiles have been made by cnc‘ing the negative shape out of high density foam. The foam was then coated with two layers of Vaseline so that the cast can be reused after the process of removal.
The first tile resembles the original aesthetics of the Porto tiles and takes it into a 3-dimensional space by playing with different heights creating creases, ripples and platforms in accordance to the colours used.
The second tile is a more abstract version of how a tile could look in the area of computational design, while still using the same design principles of mirroring and organic shapes. Organic in a broader sense not being flowers anymore but a generated structure following a parametric flow and its noise. This can then be adapted to provide an optimal habitat for living organisms.
TEXTURE 1
TEXTURE 1 – CONCEPT
TEXTURE 1 – CATALOGUE OF VARIATIONS
TEXTURE 1 – RENDER
TEXTURE 1 – PROTOTYPE
TEXTURE 2
TEXTURE 2 – CONCEPT
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TEXTURE 2 – CATALOGUE OF VARIATIONS
TEXTURE 2 – DESIGN OPTIMISATION
TEXTURE 2 – RENDER
TEXTURE 2 – PROTOTYPE
TEXTURE 3
TEXTURE 3 – CONCEPT
TEXTURE 3 – CATALOGUE OF VARIATIONS
TEXTURE 3 – RENDER
TEXTURE 3 – PROTOTYPE
‘living textures’ is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at Master in Advanced Architecture in 2022 by Students: Victor Engelhard Suarez, Mara Müller-de Ahna, Angelina Ovsyannikova and faculty: Chiara Farinea, faculty assistant: Lana Awad, Andrea Conserva, Fiona Demeur, Ilaena Napier.