Fuzzade Ceramic Tile Assembly

Fuzzade is a façade component system composed of three distinct baguettes that are tailored to promote varying degrees of water retention and moss growth. The baguettes range from A) ‘industry standard’ extrusions, to B) transitional tiles, to C) highly customizable robotically carved forms.

These three variations are designed with the manufacturing process inherently tied to their degree of complexity; each tile compounds an additional robotic toolpath for increased surfacing and ability for water retention and moss growth. The tiles operate on the logic of macro and micro geometric surfacing – Macro geometries establish deeper valleys that control moss growth zones, while micro geometries establish the surface texturing needed for effective water pooling and moss attachment. As a result of robotic toolpaths producing a high degree of moss control, the three tiles can be composed in an infinite range of possibilities on any façade, driven by the degree of moss growth that is desired. Much of the façade can be composed of cost-effective A tiles, where B and C tiles are used to define micro-climates of moss growth as needed across the surface.