Lithic tree

"So we continue our attempts; although imperfect, the will demonstrate that there is still so much do in the art of construction and that there is still so much do in the art of construction and that architecture will not take on a new form if she doesn't honestly submit to the new processes of our age. (...) We have demonstrated in what manner the vault thrusts could be removed through a system of steel tie rods,(...) This is nothing more that the application of iron in the ancient way of building".
Viollet-le-Duc, Entretiens, 1863.

These basic principles gave birth to the Lithic Tree, a tribute to the fossilization process and lithic transformation, a careful observation of natural phenomena and human modeling and adaptation, an experimental project aimed at the creation of a pattern element suitable for the creation of vaulted spaces and/or diaphanous. Lithic Tree refers to a tree-like strcuture with a cantilevere