Studio Ossidiana, founded by Alessandra Covini and Tomas Dirrix, investigates architectural materials through experimental research projects. Their recent work "Petrified Carpets" explores the "ideal garden" found in Persian carpets and will be showcased at the Dutch Design Festival of 2016 along with other exhibitions.

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Studio Ossidiana, founded by Alessandra Covini and Tomas Dirrix, investigates architectural materials through experimental research projects. Their recent work "Petrified Carpets" explores the "ideal garden" found in Persian carpets and will be showcased at the Dutch Design Festival of 2016 along with other exhibitions.
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"The carpet is interpreted here as a planimetric representation of a garden." The exhibition is essentially a collection of concrete architectural objects, which represent or resemble specific components of a Persian garden (i.e. the central fountain, the kiosk, the doorways to the garden, etc).

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Studio Ossidiana explored various strategies in casting and texturizing the concrete to form specific translations of the acclaimed gardens. Combining pigments, stones, sand and cement in different ratios suggests the multiple contours, tones, and shades of gardens.

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