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Hotels in Mexico: Utilizing Natural Materials and Waste in Contemporary Construction

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Image © Pacha Mother / Adrian Hernandez In the quest to promote a more sustainable construction where the use of natural materials contributes to the transmission of local traditions and cultures , an increasing number of architecture projects are exploring different resources and techniques to address environmental, economic, or social concerns.

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IOAN’s Joshua Tree residence sets natural materials against a desert backdrop

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“We were determined to minimize disruptions of the natural landscape, so our design focused on integration that wouldn’t disturb the surrounding plants and natural geography of the land.”

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UMaine experiments with 3D printed floor panels made from recyclable natural materials

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Department of Energy ’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine are leading interesting new engineering research into floor cassettes made using recyclable natural materials that are strong enough to be used in multi-story buildings.

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Adapt, Breathe, Regenerate: Envisioning a New Chapter in Architectural Materials

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At the forefront of this evolution are materials and construction systems , the essential building blocks of design and execution. Historically, architecture relied on natural raw materials like wood, stone, and metals, which defined built spaces but often strained ecosystems.

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A New Generation of Living Buildings Using Hygromorphic Materials

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programming hygromorphic response, open when wet and open when dry, and thicker materials for slow response. But what if everything we are looking for (in terms of sustainability) could come from the materials themselves, taking advantage of their intrinsic properties, without even relying on electricity? Read more »

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Does AI Correlate Materiality with Contemporary Architecture? An Experiment with Six Building Materials

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This building is made of (material). These AI systems are neural networks with billions of parameters, trained to create images from natural language, using a dataset of text–image pairs. With that in mind, a single prompt was developed for this experiment (with materiality as its variable) to delve into the obtained results.

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Smart, Eco-Conscious Architecture and Décor Inspired by Nature’s Finest Materials

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The combination of innovation, ecological awareness, and, fundamentally, the revaluation of natural resources that have accompanied humanity since its earliest days. While this knowledge was never truly lost, the techniques associated with these materials have long remained in the background. What is its 'secret'?

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