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.
Calques of Earth
A series of objects cast in earth, are petrified corings extracted from the soil.
Solar Terrazzo
Reimagining the material culture of solar energy, we developed a Solar Terrazzo which combines solar tiles into a new mineral floor.
Cast Soils
A collection of materials from the world of horticulture and farming. 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.
