Dust-cot: A cast of interior affinities

Jonathan Foote; Carolina Dayer

Dust-cot: A cast of interior affinities

Aarhus School of Architecture

Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Abstract

This article describes 'Dust-cot', a site-specific wall finish made of gypsum plaster and a witty and transformed vision of the interior wainscot. Made by a technique called ‘sledging’, it neither protects the wall nor invites us to clean it. Rather, dust-cot expresses the futility of the finish as a modern directive to repel dust. Through material and surface relief, it summons the dust-motes of the room to act as slow and unremitting agents in its own finishing. Dust-cot is itself finished by a coat of dust, and it should never have the dust cleaned as long as it remains installed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Finishing in Architecture : Polishing, Completing, Ending
Editors	Paul Emmons, Marcia Feuerstein, Negar Goljan
Number of pages	3
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	1 Jul 2025
Pages	24-26
Chapter	4
ISBN (Print)	9781032722184
ISBN (Electronic)	9781032722481
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2025
Event	Frascari Symposium VI: Finishing the ends of architecture - Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech, Alexandria, United States Duration: 31 Mar 2023 → 1 Apr 2023 https://negarg.wixsite.com/frascarisymposiumvi

Conference

Conference	Frascari Symposium VI
Location	Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech
Country/Territory	United States
City	Alexandria
Period	31/03/2023 → 01/04/2023
Internet address	https://negarg.wixsite.com/frascarisymposiumvi

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finishing
plaster
dust

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dust-cot, a cast of interior affinities
Foote, J. & Dayer, C., 30 Mar 2023
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