laboratory
A circular anatomy theatre of green-patinated copper and clouded glass, built by the Concordance two centuries ago, where languages are grafted before an audience. Steep wooden tiers rise around a marble table under a glass dome; on the table, under strong light, Aurelian Vey binds two stems together with raffia. When a graft takes, the audience does not applaud: it waits, in silence, for the bloom to speak, and for the bell in the Conservatory's spire to announce that a storey will be added ton...
Located in The Architecture of Babel.