brian peters' 3D printed ceramic blocks wrap around screen wall at amazon hq2 in virginia

brian peters studio completes Text[ure] Screen

Brian Peters Studio has created two custom artworks for the main lobbies of Amazon’s HQ2 at Metropolitan Park in Arlington, Virginia. Text[ure] Screen functions as a graphic feature, corporate branding, and a security wall at the primary office entrance, shaped from over 600 3D printed blocks. Ahead, wrapping the front of the reception desk, is a composition of intricately assembled ceramic blocks. The two appear as a display of graphic pixels, the wall glazed in two shades of teal while the desk embraces the raw materiality of terracotta.

all images courtesy of Brian Peters Studio

ceramic & terracotta blocks arranged in pixel-like compositions

Brian Peters Studio’s works sit at the intersection of architecture, art, and fabrication, exploring patterns, textures, and forms. On the design and implementation of the reception desk facade, the Pittsburgh-based artist worked in extensive collaboration with ZGF Architects, from design to implementation. Creating a subtle gradient across the long span of its front surface, over 150 ceramic blocks with varying aperture openings were used.

Brian Peters Studio creates two custom artworks for the main lobbies of Amazon’s HQ2 at Metropolitan Park

glazed in two shades of teal

the screen is composed of over 600 3D printed ceramic blocks, using four different block types with varying apertures

the blocks were imagined as graphic pixels

wrapping the front of the reception desk is a composition of 3D printed ceramic blocks.

composed of over 150 3D printed ceramic blocks

designed in collaboration with ZGF Architects

project info:

name: Text[ure] Screen
designer: Brian Peters Studio

collaborator: ZGF Architects

location: Arlington, Virginia

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