Final winners of the 2017 Tile Award announced

Of the final winners, Transmittance-Color Curtain by JDAP features a fabric-like curtain blown by the wind and formed by delicate strands of ceramic baguettes pivoted around tilted axes. The curtain forms a space suffused with light and color, allowing people to move through the pavilion surrounded briefly by this unique environment. Light passes through the spaces in between the baguettes and bounces off the glazed surfaces as colors play off each other creating a memorable sensorial experience that displaces the sense of reality for those within.

Transmittance-Color Curtain is an urban chameleon in constant flux generated by the people it interacts with. The goal of this project was to turn a seemingly rigid material of ceramic tile into a pliable and fluid form. The Curtain acts as an interactive surface. Visitors are encouraged to reach out and spin the baguettes, each having various color faces, to form patterns and color themes as they please. The pavilion may sit within a city park, an urban plaza, a stark desert landscape, or a crowded exhibition ground. This design creates its own interior environment and constantly shifts when viewed from the outside.