Skin

Skin
The building blocks

“. . .the foot is more noble than the shoe,
and skin more beautiful than the garment
with which it is clothed.”
_Michelangelo






2009

Skin is a surface supported by a structure either externally or internally. Human skin is stretched over an internal structure, where as architectural skins are attached to an external structure. Skins are either semi-permeable to the effect that it reacts to the environment to regulate temperature and humidity or non-permeable skin that shields the under layers from external factors. Skin also reacts to the environment around it providing a durable surface to protect from hazardous conditions.
The surface of skin is made up of many smaller pieces connected together to act as a whole. The pieces can work independently from each other but collective stand as a whole. Other skins work together to develop a single surface that provides a service to the structure that supports it.