Materiality Of Design

The 21st Anniversary issue of MGS showcases projects of various typologies, and the creative heads responsible for their architecture and interior design. They highlight the materials and products that lend a unique character to the built spaces, while enhancing the building’s functionality, sustainability, and longevity.

Architectural surface products and performance-driven materials influence comfort, functionality, sustainability, and maintenance of the built space, and also impact the longevity of the building. These characteristics and properties of building materials is what influences the architects’ space planning, material selection, and design decisions.

While materials shape the visual aesthetics and smooth functionality of a building, they also have a significant impact on the environment, as evidenced through the lifecycle of a building, its energy consumption, carbon emission, resource depletion. and waste generation.

Ultimately, it’s the interplay of materials that gives expression to architecture, adds depth, and enriches interior spaces. Hence, it is the material choices that architects, builders, and designers make that will impact the way we live and interact with our built environment.