Visit · Assessment & advice

You decide whether a claim holds up.

Engineers and sustainability advisers assess from different angles, but ask the same question: is this substantiated enough to advise?

Choose your field

2 routes within assessment & advice.

You decide whether a choice is substantiated and responsible. Each route has its own page with the materials, themes, programme elements and reasons to come.

What you'll find there

Materials you can see, feel and question.

  • A curated exhibition floor with materials and products for the built environment.
  • An independent materials exhibition with samples you can see and feel yourself.
  • A substantive programme on application, scaling, design, engineering, supply chains and regulation.
  • Young Talents asking new questions about material, production and restoration.
  • Producers, designers, clients, advisers and builders you can speak to directly.
  • Projects and applications that show what is already possible.

Come with a concrete question.

MaterialDistrict 2027 brings together the people, materials and knowledge needed to make more sustainable building actually happen.