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CONTROLLED GEOLOGY
The different geological processes that the Earth has been undergoing
for a little more than 4.5 billion years have resulted in the creation of
unique rocks like marble, gneiss and slate. Today it has been possible
to accelerate those metamorphic changes in the laboratory thanks to
TSP (Technology of Sinterized Particles) to produce Dekton, a new and
innovative category of ultracompact and resistant surface.
ADAPTING TO SURROUNDINGS
In its search for an alternative and innovative material, Cosentino has
created a new surface that behaves almost like a new skin. The level
of stability of Dekton; its high mechanical resistance to fire, abrasions
and scratching; its zero porosity and low coefficient of thermal
expansion. These are the qualititues that make it the ideal epidermis
capable of entering into contact with pots and frying pans without
suffering any marks, allowing simple cleaning of wine, coffee and oxide
stains, and even being immune to cutting by domestic utensils.
PLANT INTELLIGENCE
The plant world is the principal source of inspiration for Luc Schuiten.
The ficus, for example, is the essence of his ‘woven city’ where the
roots of this plant give a building stability, and the walls of the home
are covered with biotextile materials similar to the ones used by
silkworms and spiders.
EFFICIENT BY NATURE
Urban transport is a key factor in the way Schuiten conceives of cities.
In addition to modular trams and pedal vehicles assisted by electricity,
people travel on ‘ornithoplanes,’ a lighter-than-air device that moves
by the flapping of wings. Why not copy from nature, the designer asks,
if, with similar weights, a bird uses half the energy of a device with a
propeller?
