Cru / Colombage / Mikado
design
Lo Studio Design
Massimo Nadalini
glazed porcelain stoneware
frame
architecture
raw
Colombage
Torchis is one of the oldest construction techniques that involves silt-clay soil.
Colombage
Torchis is one of the oldest construction techniques that involves silt-clay soil.
frame
architecture
raw
When using this technique, vegetable fibers are often added to make up for the lack of sand – which could cause cracks.
The malleable mixture is spread on a wooden strip (willow, bamboo or acacia), fixed on a wooden support frame called COLOMBAGE (French word for frame).
Colombage
Il Torchis è una delle più antiche tecniche costruttive in cui vengono impiegate terre limo-argillose.
frame
architecture
raw
When using this technique, vegetable fibers are often added to make up for the lack of sand – which could cause cracks.
The malleable mixture is spread on a wooden strip (willow, bamboo or acacia), fixed on a wooden support frame called COLOMBAGE (French word for frame).
sequence
full/empty
alternation
Mikado
Mikado is a sequence of full and empty spaces in communication with each other, a binary code of matter in which the perception of the surface totally changes depending on the color of the joint.
Colombage
Starting from the simple but rich geometries of these constructions, we gathered those traits in which the joint has a key role, as doeas matter in the definition of the surface.
In Colombage, the surface changes completely through thechromatic use of the grout.
Colombage
Starting from the simple but rich geometries of these constructions, we gathered those traits in which the joint has a key role, as doeas matter in the definition of the surface.
In Colombage, the surface changes completely through thechromatic use of the grout.
Cru
We began investigating on the world of material surfaces used in architecture and in the contemporary interior, aiming to understand its essence and meaning.
land
matter
pureness
We came to the conclusion that, beyond aesthetic languages, what we were interested in – and that we find in many surfaces for architecture and interior – was the authenticity of a raw material, homogeneous but irregular, that translates imperfect detail into its main quality.
CRU (French word for raw) is the synthesis of this research, in which the matter finds its depth in a game of relationships among different finishes and overlaps of minimal color variations.
