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the temporary skeleton that lets buildings outgrow their builders before vanishing without applause.
means A temporary framework of poles and platforms erected to support workers and materials during construction or repair, later removed once the structure stands on its own.
from From Old French 'escafaut' (a stage or platform), which came through Vulgar Latin from Greek roots: 'kata-' (down, but here intensifying) joined to 'phalkēs' / 'phalanx'-like words for a beam or plank. The same word once meant the raised platform for public executions — hence 'going to the scaffold' — and the theatrical stage, a reminder that scaffolds have always been where things get built up or brought down in full view.
- word origin
- From Old French for both platform and execution stage.
- bamboo giants
- Hong Kong skyscrapers still rise on lashed bamboo poles.
- cell biology
- Your body builds organs on dissolving protein scaffolds.
- deadly slips
- Falls from scaffolds kill hundreds of workers yearly.
- learning theory
- Teachers scaffold lessons, then yank the support away.
bamboo scaffolding hong kong — traditional construction method still used on 90% of buildings in hong kong and china