Stacked_Gem comes from the idea of “stacking” as living, an evolving organism. Performs as a physical demonstration of infinite possibilities of aesthetic and movement through the canopy of the existing concrete empire. It’s a modular prototype of a ceramic landscape, made with 150 units. The units were massed-produced using the slip casting technique.  It’s a surface that consists of three main triangular modules that can aggregate in multiple ways, making it adaptable and responsive to its context.  Our project deals with more than stackable regular shapes; it engages more complex, interconnected forms. Is more than sharing a singular aesthetic vision but instead reveals a searching for new ways of making and inhabiting space, using traditional and more durable building materials (in this case ceramic) to transform space. They have the ability to stack and create walls, overlap to create tiles or nest to create irregular tilling patterns. They are stacked to create a lightweight and porous enclosure. More than bricks or modules that produce a solid volume, or tiles that array to create a surface, this project performs as an indicator of a “pause”, or “social pause” that (in this scenario) delimitates a sitting area, and marks a socially interactive space capable of attracting individuals. The aggregation system or stacking technique appears as one of an irregular or random nature; it’s still a system where the components juggle and react to the site in a way that they accommodate to the lawn and context. It’s a surface that is not limited, or defined. It has the ability to shift its shape, to change, to adapt.
CREDITS
Clara Tresgallo
Hadit Mejia
Ceramic + Architecture Studio_ Prof. Stein
California College of the Arts_ Spring 2012
 
STACKED GEMS
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STACKED GEMS

Ceramic + Architecture Studio An adaptable ceramic landscape_Installation at Oakland, CA

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