The ceramic plates, which surrounding the building on the fi rst fl oor, will be relocated, which experts say can be done without damaging them.
The relief consists of 12 different glazed ceramic (chamotte) plates, each one and a half by five metres. The plans were made at De Porceleyne Fles in Delft, famous for its Delftware, where Tieman worked as head of the department of Building ceramics. An artist has been asked to give the work a new lease of life on the campus.
For artist Peter Struycken’s colourful mural art, however, the demolition of the Biotechnion does spell the end. He created the work in 1989 when the building was renovated. Struycken decorated the balconies with aluminium panels in pastel colours, ochre, green, blue and pink. He used a computer for the work, which was new in those days. There is no new lease of life ahead for this artwork.