Articles
Wooden pavilion built by robots to reduce waste
Robots have been used to make various kinds of constructions. Here at Materia, we have discussed robots laying bricks, fabricating a pavilion from a glass and carbon filament, and designing lamps from Aerospace fibre. Now, ...
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Experimenta 21 concrete tower with irregular apertures
Experimenta 21, a new addition to the university campus of Universidad Siglo 21 in Córdoba (AR), is a concrete tower by Morini Arquitectos, made from prefabricated and pre-stressed slabs. To maximise the daylight and emphasise ...
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New material can extract energy and clean water from wastewater
In a world in which fresh water become a scarce good and where there is never sufficient energy, any material that can help produce either is very much valued. Imagine how great a material that can ...
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Flexible furniture made from felt composite Lanisor and wood
You can do a lot with few materials. Students from the German Angewandte Kunst Schneeberg academy prove as much with the series of furniture they created, made only from wooden frameworks and a felt composite called ...
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Bioplastic called Wheypack made from cheese waste
If there is one thing the Dutch, and thus Materia employees, love, it’s cheese. However, in the cheese making process, a byproduct called whey is produced. In Europe alone, the annual production of whey from ...
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Four examples of German material design
In various projects, students from the department Textile and Surface Design at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin have designed products from a whole range of materials. Below you will find four projects, ranging from ...
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