The Atlas of Spectral Infrastructures
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ASTOLFO MARIA CICERANO
// REPORT 01: PLASTER (Dead Skin)
– Archive: The Atlas of Spectral Infrastructures
– Specimen: 01_Plaster (Dead Skin)
– Category: Spatial Aetiology
– Source: Field Notes
Plaster is the necrotic epidermis of the house. It is designed to conceal the anatomical truth of the structure beneath a layer of reassuring uniformity. It accumulates moisture and releases it in the form of saline efflorescence: the mineral sweat of the building. When it peels, it reveals not another surface, but its own disease.
iological entity to the architectural device.