1. What do we have?
The proposed inventory would keep the resource and its provenance together. This describes a design direction, not an available inventory service.
Objects and reuse
Spolia
Find possibilities in materials you already have.
Spolia explores a way to understand resources, their relationships and possible future uses. The proposed system starts with what an organisation has, where it came from and what it depends on.
Design concept. Not available for public use.
A reuse question starts with the resource.
The design is aimed at workshops and organisations that want to understand their components and materials before planning another use. Something that appears unused may still be needed elsewhere or unavailable for modification.
Questions the design is meant to connect
2. What is it connected to?
Consider the resource’s relationships and dependencies before treating it as spare. The design does not establish that any real inventory or dependency map is complete.
3. What could it become?
Explore possible alternative uses while keeping the plan separate from permission to act. A plan does not authorize moving, cutting or modifying hardware.
For example: a component that appears unused
Illustrative design question: a component looks spare, but its purpose and relationships are unclear. Before planning another use, ask what it belongs to and whether it is available. This explains the intended problem; it is not a claim that Spolia has inspected or approved a real component.
What exists today
Spolia remains a design concept. The retained project description records an experimental synthetic projection using PALIMATTER; it does not establish a complete Spolia product. There is no public tool to use here.
Planning is not permission
An apparently unused resource is not automatically available. A proposed use does not establish ownership, suitability or permission to change the object. Those questions need to be resolved outside the plan.
Discuss your reuse question.
Describe the result you need. An enquiry does not reserve access or place an order.
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