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ACAW: Bioclimatic Ceramic Assemblies I chronicles the first of a series of workshops that explore the bioclimatic potential of terracotta in contemporary architecture. A collaboration between Boston Valley Terra Cotta, the preeminent terracotta manufacturer in the United States and the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), the workshop interrogates the structural and environmental performance of terracotta and how its form and assembly into architecture can address environmental factors like heat, cold, water, and illumination. Teams consisting of architects, facade engineers, ceramicists and artists collaboratively developed unique architectural proposals that imagined future uses of the material. These included heat exchangers as facade elements, a structured terracotta baguette pavilion, humidity mitigating walls and layered terracotta elements with different environmental qualities. The groups also discussed innovative tooling and aesthetic potentials for the material.

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Omar Khan is an Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and the co-director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies (SMART) Community of Excellence. Laura Garofalo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). John Krouse is President and CEO of Boston Valley Terra Cotta, holds his B.S. in Ceramic Engineering and minor in Ceramic Sculpture from Alfred University. Bill Pottle is Director of Business Development for Boston Valley Terra Cotta and has been with the company since 2012.

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