Author(s):
1. Nikola Cekić, Arhitektonsko-građevinski fakultet Niš , Serbia

Abstract:
Abstract Within the broad spectrum of façade systems used in contemporary eco-urban architectural design solutions for building appearance, ceramic materials have a significant advantage due to their many ecological, structural, artistic, and aesthetic functions. This paper emphasizes the importance of understanding the fascinating effect of diverse ceramic façade claddings on wall surfaces and their visual impact on users in the exterior, natural, and increasingly globalized, artifact-laden space. It particularly examines inspiring examples of completed projects around the world with specific sculptural character, where newly adapted ceramic technologies on façades and roof surfaces have contributed to moving beyond stereotypical, geometrically rigid forms and achieving an iconologically and artistically significant material value. This approach enabled an analysis of designers’ efforts to articulate a different relationship between contemporary ceramic materials and eco-urban architectural forms, aiming to enhance users' sense of organic-cultural and visual integration with surrounding physical structures.

Key words:
ceramic façades","cladding","contemporary materials","eco-urban architectural form","space

Thematic field:
SYMPOSIUM D - Environmental and sustainable materials

Date of abstract submission:
28.06.2025.

Conference:
Contemporary Materials 2025 - Savremeni Materijali