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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.

8 Sept 2026
Timber And Straw Public Centre Connects Two French Districts
Timber

1 Sept 2026
Natural Glazes Improve Water Resistance Of Compostable Eggshell Ceramic
Bio-based materials

31 Aug 2026
Reclaimed Materials Create A Multi-Species Wildlife Tower
Circular

24 Aug 2026
Discarded Wool Absorbents Target Harbour Pollution

11 Aug 2026
Wood-Derived Celluplastic Combines High Performance With Circularity
Bio-based materials

13 Jul 2026
Compostable Fungal Circuit Boards Offer Circular Alternative to Conventional PCBs
Living Materials

2 Jul 2026
Experimental Furniture And Lighting Showcase Material Research
Sense & Sensibility

19 Nov 2024
Unboxing Carbon: Henning Larsen expands open-source carbon catalogues

12 Mar 2025
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2025
Bio-based materials+2

15 May 2024
MaterialDistrict Expo: Smart Materials & Circularity
Bio-based materials

29 May 2024
MaterialDistrict Expo: Super Skins
Biophilic & Human-Centred

24 Apr 2024
MaterialDistrict Expo: Healthy Heroes
Biophilic & Human-Centred

27 Sept 2023
MaterialDistrict Expo: Healthy Heroes
Biophilic & Human-Centred

6 Jun 2023
MaterialDistrict Expo: Sustainability Meets Design
Circular

10 May 2023
MaterialDistrict Expo: Materials for Manufacturing
Material Futures

8 Mar 2023
MaterialDistrict Utrecht 2023
Bio-based materials+2
Rameshwari Jonnalagedda
Rameshwari Jonnalagedda – Minimal Matter – Rethinking 3D Printing for Adaptive Design
Tjeerd Veenhoven
Tjeerd Veenhoven – An overview of sustainable design interventions
Lydia Fraaije
Lydia Fraaije – What can we learn from Nature? Developing sustainable materials on the nano scale
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