Like vains in a human body they allow the world to function one connection at a time… With smart buildings becoming the norm, the backbone of modern architecture is increasingly digital. Cables, routers, sensors, lighting systems, and control units form a dense matrix of hidden infrastructure that must remain accessible yet unobtrusive. These cables and technology are hidden below the ground of pavements, buildings, fields and even your own home, many of which you wouldn’t even know where they would go onto to connect too…

Contemporary architects are rethinking the aesthetic relationship with infrastructure. Some are choosing to expose parts of it—like sculptural ducts or expressed joints—as a way to communicate the building’s logic. Others lean toward full concealment, emphasizing sensory experience and material purity… Cables are everywhere but you just don’t see them, hidden in plane view cables are painted over or overlayed with small covers for both their protection and for your viewing pleasure to make the world around you that much more tidy.