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Sustainable
Embracing sound ecological principles in materials is one of the most revolutionary recent developments in the built environment. The world is increasingly focused on the health of the environment and materials are of great importance in creating a cleaner, more ecologically sound world. Buildings often use great quantities of a single material so it is important that such materials are targeted for reuse, returning them back to a cycle of contribution to society rather than discarding them into landfills.
Local Resources and New Building Methods at Dutch Design Week 2026
Next Venue takes a stake in MaterialDistrict; twentieth edition moves to Midden Nederland Hallen
Mycelium Coffin Marks Australian First
Timber And Straw Public Centre Connects Two French Districts
Natural Glazes Improve Water Resistance Of Compostable Eggshell Ceramic
Reclaimed Materials Create A Multi-Species Wildlife Tower
Discarded Wool Absorbents Target Harbour Pollution
Wood-Derived Celluplastic Combines High Performance With Circularity
Ignorance is Bliss is a continuous design project founded by Agne Kucerenkaite. The research-based project utilises industrial waste and secondary materials and converts them into interior and exterior products of higher value. Ignorance is Bliss is giving a new identity to waste and to the built environment, with empathy for planetary health. The foundations of […]
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Atelier LVDW is the material design studio of Laura van de Wijdeven, based in Rotterdam The Netherlands. She researches the future of sustainable and circular materials with a biophilic point of view. Her goal is to enrich interiors by the use of organic waste streams and bio-based matter. Subconsciously connecting its user with nature by […]
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2025
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MaterialDistrict Expo: Healthy Heroes
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MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2023
Rameshwari Jonnalagedda – Minimal Matter – Rethinking 3D Printing for Adaptive Design
Tjeerd Veenhoven – An overview of sustainable design interventions
Mirthe Snoek – Dutch Sheep’s Wool, From Waste Product On A Global Scale To Local Circular Basic Material
Lydia Fraaije – What can we learn from Nature? Developing sustainable materials on the nano scale
