Cap. 02 — Material doctrine Estudio Cimbra
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What the concrete decides

Four rules the formwork keeps

1

The surface stays honest

Board marks and tie holes remain exactly as the formwork left them — we patch nothing, paint nothing.

2

Lava stone does the colouring

Volcanic aggregate is folded raw into the mix, so the warm grey flecks come from the rock, not pigment.

3

Light is the only ornament

Brise-soleil lattices throw moving shadow across each plane, so the wall changes through the afternoon.

4

Signage speaks once, plainly

A single grotesque caption per facade — set quiet, never repeated, never decorated.

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