The exhibition brings together academic institutions from across North America to showcase 3D-printed architectural ceramics. By merging traditional ceramic craft with robotic fabrication, it explores how emerging technologies can be tuned to the unique properties of clay to generate new formal and spatial languages.
In ancient France, church walls often featured embedded ceramic vessels—known as "acoustic jars," "sounding vases," or "echos"—to enhance sound quality, especially in choir areas. These earthenware pots, set flush with the wall, amplified sound through reflection and improved the acoustics of the space. Although most ancient examples have been lost, this project aims not only to revive this sophisticated architectural acoustic strategy, but also to reinterpret and reintroduce it through an annotated and technologically informed approach—bringing it back to life thousands of years later.
The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
Masonry Council of Ontario