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From the editorial DETAIL 4.2023

material, surface

Anyone who follows the debates about building materials in architecture will inevitably come across the term “material justice”. What is meant by this is the relationship between individual materials and their appropriate tasks and applications. At present, the discussion about material justice is determined by many aspects that were not 100 years ago The energy consumption of buildings, the life cycle of materials and their embodied energy are fixed parameters for an architecture that takes responsibility for climate issues.
Not every material scores like wood as a renewable resource. Concrete also makes sense on a case-by-case basis, especially with a view to the building’s energy consumption and climate region. Overall, it is crucial that energy and material concepts are carefully coordinated and take specific requirements and uses into account.

For this issue, our editor Julia Liese has compiled current projects made of wood and reinforced concrete, brick and corten steel – the climate data is also documented in each case. And the materials and surfaces of the selected buildings are as varied as their construction solutions.