SKINS Newsletter: Exploring Innovation in Architectural Ceramics at ACAW
SOURCE: SKINS, Issue #139: ACAW Special Edition
AUTHOR: Facade Tectonics Institute
DATE: May 22, 2024
The 2024 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW) is now over, and was a great success for all participants. While we are working to release this year’s presentation recordings, you can learn a lot more about ACAW through the podcasts and video presentations included in Facade Tectonics’ SKINS Newsletter: ACAW Special Edition.
Issue #139 of SKINS, written and facilitated by ACAW Coordinator Mic Patterson (Ambassador of Innovation & Collaboration at Facade Tectonics Institute), provides an in-depth look at ACAW’s cutting-edge innovations.
Explore ACAW from its inception, as industry research and development in manufacturing, and how ACAW provides a viable and productive model. Take a deep dive into research with glazes and the architectural surface, the structural capacity of terra cotta, development of energy-harvesting architectural façades, and unique digital fabrication techniques explored in ACAW projects. Each episode features lively conversations with ACAW organizers and participants.
“The annual Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW) event is like the international playoffs of terra cotta — an ancient yet never more relevant building material — pitting world class teams of designers and makers in a friendly competitive material exploration in pursuit of innovation.”
– Mic Patterson, Ambassador of Innovation & Collaboration – Facade Tectonics Institute
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