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What does it mean to live in a material world, and how do materials of the past and present hold the keys to our future? This book tackles these questions by focusing on various issues that human beings face and by discussing potential materials-related solutions. Through the lens of intriguing projects by designers, artists, makers, and scientists, it presents a colorful panoply of ideas, technologies, and creative efforts that focus on the earth's most basic elements, while also showing how these elements can be transformed into entirely new materials. It explores, for example, how ancient practices such as dyeing fabric and making glue may hold the secret to renewable and earth-friendly consumer products, as well as how recycling plastics can tackle food waste, and how a type of light metal being developed may one day make air travel less fuel-reliant. This book also investigates the potential of the digital experience, suggesting how this most ephemeral type of matter can be used to improve our world. Eye-catching and provocative, 'Why Materials Matter' serves as both a stimulating catalog of possibilities and a timely manifesto on how to consume, manufacture, and design for a better future.

design --- productdesign --- ecologie --- grondstoffen --- materialen --- meubelkunst --- meubilair --- mode --- 745.02 --- 670.1 --- materialenleer --- algemene technologie (ook materialenkennis en verwerking van afvalproducten) --- 749.02 --- Industrieel design ; 21ste eeuw ; nieuwe materialen --- Architectuur ; design ; recupereerbare materialen --- Meubelkunst en design ; technieken, materialen --- Recyclage --- Upcyclage --- Smart materials --- Materiaalbewerking en -verwerking --- industriële vormgeving --- duurzaamheid --- duurzame architectuur --- ontwerpen --- Materials processing --- industrial design --- durability --- materials [substances] --- sustainable architecture --- Materials --- Sustainable design. --- Industrial design. --- Sustainability. --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Sustainable engineering --- Packaging --- Design. --- Environmental aspects. --- 745.5 --- designmaterialen --- ecodesign --- designmaterialen - algemeen --- 691 --- 691.1 --- Materialen (design) --- Bouwmaterialen van organische oorsprong

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"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover!" ist heute die Leitlinie für nachhaltiges Bauen, die an die Stelle der Wegwerfmentalität der industriellen Moderne getreten ist. Das Autorenteam von der ETH Zürich und dem Future Cities Laboratory in Singapur gibt hier erstmals einen systematischen Überblick über die aus Abfall als erneuerbarem Rohstoff produzierten Baumaterialien und -elemente und über ihre Anwendung in Architektur, Innenraumgestaltung und Produktdesign. Die Bandbreite der dargestellten Baustoffe reicht von marktgängigen Produkten, wie Fassadepaneele aus Stroh oder selbstheilender Beton, bis hin zu Neuentwicklungen wie Holzbauelemente aus Zeitungspapier oder Isolierfasern aus Jeansdenim. Die Produkte werden auch in ihren Anwendung in gebauten oder prototypischen Projekten gezeigt. Das zugrunde liegende Konzept, Materialien in zusätzliche Lebenszyklen in der gebauten Umwelt zu überführen, geht über bloßes Recycling weit hinaus und umfasst fünf Gruppen von Produkten entsprechend ihrer Herstellungs- und Wirkungsweise: Verdichtung, physische Verwandlung, chemische Verwandlung, multifunktionale Gestaltung und biologisch-chemische Wachstumsprozesse. In einem weiteren Zugang werden die Produkte und Projekte nach ihren Einsatzmöglichkeiten im Tragwerk, als selbsttragende Elemente, für Wärmedämmung und Feuchteschutz sowie im Ausbau gegliedert und dargestellt. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recover" is the sustainable guideline that has replaced the "Take, Make, Waste" attitude of the industrial age. Based on their background at the ETH Zurich and the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, the authors provide both a conceptual and practical look into materials and products which use waste as a renewable resource. This book introduces an inventory of current projects and building elements, ranging from marketed products, among them façade panels made of straw and self-healing concrete, to advanced research and development like newspaper, wood or jeans denim used as isolating fibres. Going beyond the mere recycling aspect of reused materials, it looks into innovative concepts of how materials usually regarded as waste can be processed into new construction elements. The products are organized along the manufacturing processes: densified, reconfigured, transformed, designed and cultivated materials. A product directory presents all materials and projects in this book according to their functional uses in construction: load-bearing, self-supporting, insulating, waterproofing and finishing products.

Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Building materials. Building technology --- recycling --- building materials --- life cycle management (economie) --- 691 --- 691.17 --- 72:574 --- Bouwmaterialen; afbraakmaterialen ; recyclagematerialen --- Bouwconstructies ; bouwelementen ; recyclagematerialen --- Architectuur ; design ; recupereerbare materialen --- Composieten ; gemaakt van afval --- 691 Building materials. Building components --- Building materials. Building components --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststoffen --- Architectuur en ecologie --- Waste products as building materials. --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Conversion of waste products --- Industrial salvage --- Recovery of waste products --- Solid waste management --- Utilization of waste products --- Waste management --- Waste reclamation --- Waste products --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Building materials --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Remplois (architecture) --- Déchets (matériaux de construction) --- Déchets (Matériaux de construction) --- Récupération (Déchets, etc.) --- Salvage (Waste, etc.). --- Waste products as building materials --- Matériau recyclé --- Matériau --- Ecoconception --- 69.02 --- duurzaam bouwen --- afval --- architectuur --- bouwmaterialen --- bouwen - constructie-elementen, duurzaam bouwen --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Déchets (matériaux de construction)