series of collective visual essays, with no pre-defined order, dedicated to the re-use of salvaged building components. This practice is as old as construction itself, but is often overlooked in favour of the continuous application of new products provided by a rapid production system based on constant technological developments. Each essay is based on the observation of inbetween moments (intermédios) in the lives of components — uses between production and final disposal — in search of the qualities that determine each re-use. It highlights the materiality of re-use, such as the richness of detail, aesthetics, texture, shapes, changes in function, marks of use or wear that illustrate previous lives, invisible stories, hidden meanings, values and emotions. It sheds light on distinct re-use cultures (formal and informal), which emerge from processes deeply linked to people and actions, and to social, economic and political contexts. It points out the specificities of construction processes that are often not pre-designed, or led by instruction manuals.

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