Imagine every rose you’ve ever been given forming the walls around you.
Mass-produced, trimmed, and discarded, roses are engineered to meet demand yet
designed to disappear. What if the temporary gestures we value most were preserved?
Cast in Jesmonite with discarded rose petals, these tiles utilize floral waste from the
commercial rose industry alongside remnants of once-owned flowers. By embedding
discarded petals into a modular tile system, the work preserves them while also allowing
each piece to age naturally. As the surface shifts over time, the project encourages new
ways of thinking about value, longevity, and how architecture might respond more gently to
the materials it is made from.
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