How Clay Makes a Big Impact in This Vancouver Office
M Moser Associates plus TAV Ceramics equals abacus-inspired installations for the Vancouver, Canada, office of accounting-software company Tipalti. “Clay’s not fragile, it’s capable of holding its own in large-scale architectural installations,” asserts Arora. Read on to learn how the team created a series of tactile ceramic installations throughout the Tipalti office.
Behind the Design of Hundreds of Ethereal Ceramic Beads
installations that would be realized by Canadian-based artist Tanvi Arora of TAV Ceramics for Tipalti’s Vancouver office, a two-level 24,000-square-foot project also by M Moser. Sketch courtesy of M Moser Associates.
partition, the other a blue ceiling-scape—Arora poured clay into molds in her studio, also in Vancouver. Photography by Luis Valdizon.
and left 140 unfinished, before firing all of them. Photography by Luis Valdizon.
Tipalti’s Office Installation by the Numbers…
- 2,000 pounds of clay
- 21 designers, contractors, and engineers led by M Moser senior associates Vicky Bautista and Alex Watkins
- Three days of installation
- 2 pounds of blue pigment
- 300 slip-cast clay beads
financial mission, with TAV Ceramics bringing hand-made craft to the workplace. Photography by Barry Underhill.
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