The plate in brief

The building is assembled in layers that age at different speeds. The structure has a century-scale ambition. The facade serves for decades. The building systems get replaced and upgraded. The interiors get reconfigured. Furniture and electronics get repaired. Bolted joints, dry connections, and accessible services let you change one layer without tearing up the others.

So when a bedroom becomes a study, the old pieces don’t go in a skip. They go back to the material bank on the shelf, ready for someone else. Change one layer without destroying the others.

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