Architectural Ceramics - FAC 431

Students will learn to design and execute architectural ceramic projects in response to their own creative ideas and concepts with a deep understanding and great consideration of historical and contemporary architectural ceramics in different cultures and civilizations. Focus will be on developing basic forming techniques in particular, slab-building, glaze , surface texturing techniques and others, encouraging students to research and go beyond the traditional boundaries. The main goal of this course is to create and make architectural ceramic projects reflecting all learnt skills into an innovative conceptual context which will perfectly fit in the surrounding environment. Prerequisites: FAC 331 and FAC 341.