the PLATEAU, merged by panels of shrinking and swelling rammed earth, was found (commons c.) … the two layers of clay, accurately put on top of each other in squares, make it the PROTOARCHITECTURE of a pedestal … unreinforced and unkilned, it is impossible to steady the material permanently –  increasing desiccation entails cracks, processes of decay, slow dissolution into smallest grain sizes, DUST … yet, the capability of new plasticity when combined with water makes it the PROTOMATERIAL of repeatable attempts to form/forge/formulate …

part of the project series “to inscribe oneself into the city. RHIZ* – a commons from a to z“, 2020 – open end



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