Table of Contents:
  • Ceramic material systems
  • Fired clay: a material legacy : From the origins to the 19th century ; From the 20th century to today ; Materials and material properties : Clay ; Clay bodies ; Shrinkage ; Properties of ceramic parts ; Glazes ; Other surface treatments and coatings
  • Production processes : Dry-pressing ; Extrusion ; Slump forming/slump molding ; Die-cutting ; Plastic pressing ; Slip casting ; Wheel-throwing ; Jiggering ; Firing and kilns ; Glazing ; Post-processing ; Packaging and distribution
  • Applications: interiors : Adhered tile systems ; Mechanically connected tiles ; Sanitary ware
  • Applications: exteriors : Bonded tile facades ; Ventilated facades ; Screen surfaces ; Acoustic surfaces ; Roofs ; Other outdoor applications
  • Material flows: life cycle aspects : Extraction-to-production phase ; Construction and use phase ; End-of-life scenarios ; Life cycle analysis (LCA) and material comparisons
  • Surface effects : Surface reliefs : The Wallpaper Factory, Islington, North London, UK ; Color variation : Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany ; Custom glazes : The Holburne Museum extension, Bath, Somerset, UK ; Three-dimensional surfaces : Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland ; Pearlescent glazes : Algueña MUCA Music Hall and Auditorium, Alicante, Spain ; Glaze transfers : One Eagle Place, London, UK ; High performance surfaces : West Beach Promenade, Benidorm, Spain ; Inkjet printing : La Mandarra de La Ramos, Pamplona, Spain ; Nano-coatings : Pinnacle, Bologna, Italy
  • Patterns and aggregations : Complex geometry : Pulsate, Primrose Hill, London, UK ; Complex assembly : Jewish Community Center, Mainz, Germany ; Non-repeating patterns : Zamet Center, Rijeka, Croatia ; Figurative urban mosaics : Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, Kentucky ; Curved surface urban mosaics : Santa Caterina Market, Barcelona, Spain ; Robotic tiling : Iowa State mural, Ames, Iowa ; Tessellated surfaces : Urban Guerrilla, Valencia, Spain ; Hanging assemblies : Xinjin Zhi Museum, Chengdu, China ; Three-dimensional assemblies : 3Dx1, Milan, Italy ; Structural assemblies : Casalgrande Ceramic Cloud (CCCLoud), Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • Thermodynamic skins : Reclaimed tile tectonics : Warehouse 8B administrative offices, Madrid, Spain ; Grão, ceramic pixels : Jardim Botânico Tropical, Travessa do Marta Pinto, Belém/Lisbon, Portugal ; Masonic louvers : Student services building, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas ; Modulating light : Addition to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel ; Perforated slab : School library, Gando, Burkina Faso ; Cool cavity : Patio 2.12, Andalucía Team, Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, 2nd prize, Madrid, Spain ; Breathing columns : Spanish Pavilion at the International Exposition of Zaragoza, Spain ; BIO SKIN : Sony Research and Development Office, Tokyo, Japan
  • Form customization strategies : Computer-aided slump molding : Villa Nurbs, Empuriabrava, Spain ; Volumetric pixalization : Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan ; High-relief slip-cast surfaces : Villa for an industrialist, Shenzhen, China ; Low-volume custom extrusion : Kosemo Brick, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana ; Systemic variation : Ministry of Urban Development and Environment, Hamburg, Germany ; Digital reconstruction : Alberta Legislature Building, dome reconstruction, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ; Angular variation, Trumpf Industrial Campus restaurant, Ditzingen, Germany ; Delineated parallax : La Riera de la Salut remodel, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain ; Aggregate production processes : Oceanário addition, Lisbon, Portugal ; Compound surface discretization : Museum of Fundatie extension, Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
  • Emerging systems : Robotic tile mosaics / Design Robotics Group at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
  • Integrated environmental design-to-robotic production / Design Robotics Group at Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; Thermally active building envelope / The Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) ; Structural ceramic shell / Material Processes and Systems Group at Harvard University, Graz University of Technology ; Photosensitive blueware / Studio Glithero ; Foamed ceramics / European Ceramic Work Center, Joris Laarman Studio BV ; Additive ceramic systems ; Automated material manipulation
  • Products and technologies : Large-format production lines ; Large-format tiles: Neolith, Techlam, Maximum ; High-strength porcelain: SaphirKeramik sink ; Bioactive ceramics: Bionictile ; Slumped tile: UP ; Slumped tile: STAR ; Translucent porcelain: SlimmKer-Light ; Modular ceramic stove ; Berlin stove tiles ; Keramos cabinets ; Inkjet-printed tiles: Emotile ; Physical vapor deposition: metallic coatings ; Laser engraving ; Recycled tiles ; Preassembled systems: Flexbrick ; Ceramic-concrete composition system: Terraclad ; Ceramic louver system: Shamal ; Photovoltaic roof tiles: Panotron ; Ceramic wardrobe: Milky Star ; Acoustic ceramics: acoustic shingle ; Industrial tile: Acigres ; Material mimicry: Age Wood, Age Beton, Age Blend.