Research Through Making Grant 
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

The objective of this exploration was not to recreate a construction material but to re-examine the physical properties and process of making as an opportunity to pursue new possibilities for fabrication and embedding alternative functions. This research focuses on the liminal condition of the material attributes found in these two method for making.

The project appropriates the technique used to imprint geometric patterns in the finish layer of the Mosaics and instead of reproducing its fixed form, it explores alternatives to the embossment of the Panots through the plasticity of the Portland cement. The result demonstrates an undefined state which is no longer associated with this material or technique, intending to reveal unexpected possibilities that can reside in a surface as spatial support for architecture.