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From interesting material to material you dare to specify.
More sustainable design has long since stopped beginning with whether alternatives exist. They do. The challenge sits in the next step: which material fits your design, meets the requirements and is actually applicable? MaterialDistrict 2027 brings material, application and project practice together.
Design freedom asks for more than inspiration
A material can make or break a design. But between an interesting sample and a material you confidently put into a specification or design sit questions about performance, detailing, availability, origin, cost and execution. At MaterialDistrict you can put those questions directly to the people behind the material.
Matter of How for architects
The question is not only which material is more sustainable. The question is how you make it part of a good building. Sometimes that means a new material. Sometimes less material. Sometimes reuse, design for disassembly, prefabrication or making better use of what already stands.
You look at and feel materials, compare alternatives and speak to producers and material specialists directly. In the programme you learn from architects, clients and builders who already apply new solutions in real projects.
- Discover biobased, circular, recycled and low-impact materials.
- Compare surface, texture, colour and finish in real life.
- Ask through on performance, certification, availability and detailing.
- See projects in which new material choices have already been realised.
- Find producers and advisers you can involve during the design process.
For your next project
Come with a concrete question, a project in development or simply curiosity. You leave with materials you have been able to assess, better questions for your project team and contacts that help you from design to realisation.