HE BLACK CNC RELIEF TRANSLATES SATELLITE IMAGES OF URBAN TERRITORIES INTO A MATERIAL TOPOGRAPHY. URBAN STRUCTURES WERE PARAMETRICALLY EXTRACTED, ABSTRACTED, AND RECONSTRUCTED AS DATA SETS THROUGH COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYTICAL PROCESSES. THESE DATA WERE NOT REPRODUCED AS AN IMAGE, BUT INSCRIBED INTO THE PAINTED 4 MM MDF SURFACE THROUGH A ROBOTIC ENGRAVING PROCESS. THE WORK OPERATES BETWEEN CARTOGRAPHY, DATA IMAGE, AND MATERIALIZED URBAN ABSTRACTION.