LMN Architects at the 2020 ACAWorkshop

TITLE: ACAW: The Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop
DATE: 2020
BY: Plamena Milusheva (formerly of LMN Architects)

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As one of the 2020 participants, the LMN team has developed a slip cast ceramic module that aggregates to create a permeable partition. The concept for the project was informed both by mathematical patterns for hexagonal tiling as well as elements found in nature. We wanted to create a wall system that had a strong volumetric quality to it, where the individual modules could act as vessels for a range of things: water, plant life, or small animal habitat. We wanted the final result to feel like something that could be left in nature without feeling out of place there. This was the driving force between a number of the design decisions in the form, texturing, and glazing strategies for the project. This work was presented for the ACAW Virtual Symposium on August 13, 2020.

Credit: Andy Brayman/The Matter Factory

Credit: Andy Brayman/The Matter Factory

For this project, our main goal was to push the traditional method of slip casting in production. We approached this from two sides: we wanted to work with a volumetric geometry rather than a tiling or planar based one and we wanted to experiment with a surface texture and glazing combination.

We wanted the final result to feel like something that could be left in nature without feeling out of place there.

Credit: Alex Woodhouse/LMN

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Header image: The LMN Architects team prototype that was presented at ACAW 2020.
Photo credit: ©Julian Ross Imaging 2021