Materials · the poché library
Poché
In an architectural section the solid parts are filled with a hatch — the poché. Ours is a library: one hatch per material, used on every drawing, in the live cuts on each product page and woven into the JUNTA rug.
01 · stipple
Recinto
Porous volcanic basalt from the Valley of Mexico. Dark, light-hungry, full of air: we leave the pores open and hone the top.
Used in CLAVE, LOSA, DINTEL
02 · grain
Tzalam
A dense tropical hardwood with a warm, interlocked grain. Oiled, never lacquered, so the end grain stays readable at every joint.
Used in DOVELA, CONTRAFUERTE, DINTEL, CIMBRA
03 · diag
Copper
Sheet raised by hand with a hammer in the manner of Santa Clara del Cobre. Every facet is a blow you can count.
Used in CLAVE, PLOMO, NERVIO
04 · wave
Tecali onyx
Banded calcite from Puebla, turned and cut thin enough to let light through. The bands are the drawing.
Used in CLAVE, PLOMO, CALA
05 · loop
Teotitlán wool
Hand-spun wool, left natural or dyed with cochineal and indigo. Bouclé for BÓVEDA, felt for TALUD, flat-weave for JUNTA.
Used in BÓVEDA, TALUD, JUNTA
06 · cross
Cantera rosa
A soft pink volcanic tuff that carves and turns cleanly and keeps a matte, warm surface.
Used in NERVIO, LOSA, ZÓCALO
07 · hide
Saddle leather
4 mm vegetable-tanned hide. It stretches into the shape of whoever sits in it and darkens with use.
Used in DOVELA
08 · solid
Blackened steel
Hot-rolled plate, sheared and waxed. Mill scale is kept as the finish, not sanded away.
Used in CONTRAFUERTE, DOVELA
09 · dash
Amate bark paper
Pleated bark paper over copper ribs. Fibrous, translucent and warm when lit.
Used in NERVIO
