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FXCollaborative's presentation for the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW) research workshop, hosted by Boston Valley Terra Cotta, is now available to view online. Permeable Solids leverages the rich materiality and craft of terracotta to create a tension between opaque and transparent, dark and light. Using sculpted forms that are both apertures and reflectors, the design modulates light and creates a solar responsive terracotta cladding system. This system pushes the tradition of modern terracotta sun shades and breezeblocks by providing not one, but a spectrum of conditions from open to closed, creating an expressive design language that dissolves the dichotomy of "mass vs. glass" and advocates for more expressive solid surfaces in building design.

Thanks to our collaborators, Forst Consulting and Architecture, PLLC and TriPyramid Structures, for joining us in this exploration of expressive materiality and building performance enhancement.