Villa Il Meriggio

The measurement comes before the cut. Before laying we studied how the light crosses the room at different hours, so that the boards could be turned to make the grain come alive at the right time of day.

The detail is where it is all decided: the threshold, the joint, the point where wood meets stone. These are the passages nobody notices at first glance, and they are what separates a floor that was laid from a floor that was thought about.