For our partner Mosaics Marti Catalan architect and art professor Jordi Solé i Rafols created the cement tile design “Ars Combinatoria”. By dividing the hexagonal tile into triangles of different colors, you can create both classic symmetrical patterns and create free compositions without clear limits that adapt to any room.
In this way, the visual impression of different landscapes is created. Even the Italian polymath and architectural theorist of the early Renaissance Leon Battista Alberti In his work “On Construction,” held the view that “the composition of the lines of the pavement should be full of musical and geometric proportions, with the intention that wherever we looked, we would certainly find food for our mind. ”
With this pattern, the advantage of cement tiles is particularly obvious, as the Manufacture of every single tile by hand The colored areas can be individually adjusted. With just two colors, there are 14 ways to color individual of the six triangles and design a tile.
Jordi Solé called a special pattern variant from Ars Combinatoria “Sakura”, inspired by the blossoms of Japanese cherry trees. The blossoms of the Japanese blossom cherry (Prunus serrulata) are called Sakura in Japan. They are among the most important symbols of Japanese culture and represent beauty, departure and transience. The cherry blossom season is the highlight of the year and is celebrated with picnics under the blooming trees, known as “Hanami.”
The geometric composition represents the moment when a blooming tree loses its first petals to the wind. In this pattern, a complete “flower” consists of 13 hexagonal tiles: six monochrome, one central and six tips. By changing the color of individual triangles, the “petals are blown away by the wind.”
Eternal spring has moved into this apartment in central Barcelona. In total, more than 80 m were2 Tiles laid.
As the pattern stretches across a wall and floor, the impression of falling petals is reinforced.
This pattern is sure to attract everyone's attention even in a public space such as a shop or restaurant. Thanks to the option of free design, it is suitable for every room and provides “food for our mind.” All photos of the tiles were kindly sent to me by Albert Marti provided.