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Aeolian Modules.Tonality As a Way Through Life


Stackable modular ceramic wind instruments/Stop motion video: A series of stackable, ocarina-inspired ceramic modules exploring how sound could become part of the architectural façade.

Photo by Elizabeth Bureau
 Aeolian Modules explores the possibility of integrating wind-driven ceramic instruments into architecture, imagining the façade as something that can also be heard. The project began from an interest in vernacular sound and the idea that listening can become another way of experiencing and connecting with a place.

The modules developed from studying the mechanics of the ocarina through trial and error in clay. Wheel-thrown forms were repeated, cut, joined and adjusted by hand to control airflow and produce different tones, eventually becoming a system of stackable sound-making units.

The project culminated in a stop-motion video, where the modules assemble into an imagined architectural façade and begin to produce their own soundscape. Through this small speculation, the building becomes an instrument activated by its surroundings. Could music become part of the vernacularity of a place? Could our buildings speak?



Type: Experimental ceramics / modular wind instruments / speculative architecture
Design: Marcelo Guajardo Dávila
Status: Produced


Exhibitions:

Materials: Stoneware clay, ceramic glazes
Methods: Wheel throwing, hand-building, and glazing
Dimensions:  Ø 80 mm and Ø 120 mm
Produced in: Espoo, Finland
Year: 2025
Photography: Marcelo Guajardo




Photo by Elizabeth Bureau
Exhibition Poster by Ariane Carde
Photo by Elizabeth Bureau



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