Claudi de José Ceramics and architecture
On September 2016, the International Academy of Ceramics held its General Assembly and Congress in Barcelona. The focus of the lectures, conferences and visits was Ceramics in Architecture and Public Spaces, a subject that remains quite unstudied mainly because it develops in a gap between artistic and industrial ceramic processes.
Ceramics for architecture is often looked down on by studio potters because of its association with mass-production. Architectural projects, traditionally mean small workshops are unable to carry out the work, or wouldn’t be competitive enough in the bid process. Studio potters lack the infrastructure, the space, the workers, or the skills and technical knowledge. But not all ceramics for architecture consist in kilometers of pavement or require huge machinery, and there are
