A New Material Vocabulary
Studio Ossidiana’s material research on concrete combines pigments, stones, sand and cement in different ratios exposing the lively and bright character of a material that has, in the building industries, progressively lost its expressive potential.
Solar Terrazzo
Studio Ossidiana’s research on Solar Terrazzo combines solar tiles into a new mineral floor.
Cast Soils
A collection of materials from the world of horticulture and farming is reinterpreted for the installation. Salt blocks, for animals to lick, hemp and charcoal, storing CO2 and improving soil quality, expanded clay, increasing the drainage of terrains, and lime in small quantities, the binding agent of the new composites. Spices are used for colouring, in place of mineral based pigments, towards mixtures which are themselves forms of soil, and that may be farmed, transformed, cultivated.
