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248 Soft Tile and Brick

May be part of Good Materials (207), Floor Surface (233), Sitting Wall (243), Paving with Cracks between the Stones (247), Connection to the Earth (168).

Conflict

How can a person feel the earth, or time, or any connection with his surroundings, when he is walking on the hard mechanical wash-easy surfaces of concrete, asphalt, hard-fired architectural paving bricks, or artificially concocted mixes like terrazzo.

Resolution

Use bricks and tiles which are soft baked, low fired- so that they will war with time, and show the marks of use.

You can make them in a simple mould from local clay right on the sight.

May contain Warm Colours (250), Ornament (249).