One by one, the students defended the ceramics projects they had been working on over the course of the term. The jury was made up of Rafael de la Hoz, architect; Alberto Peñín, architect; Nani Marquina, designer and president of FAD (Fostering Arts and Design); Fidel Ferrando, ceramist; and Ana Martínez, ASCER representative.

The jury awarded three 2016 Ceramic Chair prizes along with a special mention:

1. Catenary Piece Category:

FLEXLAM, by Ignacio Morente.For its lightness and proximity to industry. For finding an inventive and original way of using a product that is already available on the market.

Mention:

COMPOSE, by Genís Vilalta. For the versatility of the piece and its relative modular frequency. For being easy to produce and assemble and its capacity for combining with other materials.

2. Flat Pergola Category

INTERWINED, by Laurence Dugardyn. Just one plane is enough to construct a complex and evocative system that achieves a formal result with highly beautiful geometry capable of generating fascinating shadow play. The shadows projected onto the walls and floors and the light from above generated inside the pieces themselves imbue the space with great lyricism and architectural richness.

3. Vertical Wall Hanging Category

Latticework GREENHELIX, by Marta Delgado. For its originality. For the symbiosis that the piece or set of pieces generates between ceramics and architecture. For its unique, helical geometry, in which the creative use of colour is central to the enhancement of its own geometry, which adapts to the wind by means of a lovely aerodynamic spin.