Terrazzo

Terrazzo emerged in 15th-century Italy, where marble debris was bound with lime to create continuous floors. It began as reuse — not ornament. At YBYÁ, we revisit this logic. We study which local waste streams can be recomposed into mineral surfaces: marble fragments, crushed brick, ceramic debris, oyster shells from coastal communities, timber offcuts, regional stone. Each aggregate is tested for density, porosity, durability, and response to polishing. Not every material performs. Selection is precise. In tropical coastal climates, binders and sealing systems are recalibrated to resist humidity, salt air, and heat. The objective is not replication. It is reinterpretation. Fragments of territory reorganized into continuous mass.