«The Future under Construction»
New eco-efficient materials for the construction and rehabilitation of buildings
A collection of 70 eco-efficient materials, available on the international market, ready to be used in both rehabilitation and new construction projects, together with concrete examples emphasizing their functionalities and benefits in terms of sustainability.
Materfad has been commissioned by the Direction of Housing of the Territory and Sustainability Department of the Government of Catalonia to conduct an investigation and identify 60 advanced materials and associated technologies to promote improvements in the field of energy efficiency in the construction and rehabilitation of buildings.
How to improve the environment in which we live, both in the construction and the rehabilitation of buildings? The eco-efficient enhancement of existing buildings is crucial for the environment, even more so at a time when the industry is replacing new builds with rehabilitation.
This show is the result of a double investigation: research conducted among the architects’ collective and research conducted in other sectors of activity. The 70 selected materials to be found in it have two characteristics in common: they are innovative and are available on the international market, ready to be used. A real-case application is associated to the majority of them.
The exhibition has been devised to become a useful tool at the service of professionals, to enable them to design or refurbish more efficient and more energy-sustainable buildings. This explains why its contents are organized according to the functionalities that the materials are able to bring to the building:
. Solar radiation control
. Thermal insulation
. Acoustic regulation and waterproofing
. Thermal regulation
. Generation and collection of energy
. Optimization of lighting systems
. Ambient regulation
Materfad also produced a documentary, thanks to the collaboration of the Territory and Sustainability Department of the Government of Catalonia, in which experts discuss the key concepts that mark the future of construction: energy, sustainability, industrialisation, rehabilitation, materials, technology and legislation.
Curators
Javier Peña, PhD in Chemical Science, scientific director of Materfad
Valérie Bergeron, Architect, director of Materfad’s materials library
Production and travel operator
Materfad (Barcelona, Spain)
Type of exhibition
Eco-efficient materials, construction, architecture
Availability
2014 onwards
Touring exhibition content
. 70 material samples with detailed list (includes unit number, formats and codes to identify every sample and determine exhibition lay out and display requirements)
. Documentary 50′ (Spanish/Catalan)
. Crating (13 boxes, 1, 27 m3, 180 Kg approx.)
. Graphic digital information of every material and project, exhibition poster (all documents in English, Spanish and Catalan)
. Space planning of the Barcelona exhibition (situation of each material within its thematic family) as a reference.
Space requirement
100-200 sqm.
Loan duration
2 months maximum (between departure from origin and departure to next venue or origin). Conditions for longer loan upon request.
Catalogue
Original version in Catalan currently sold out.
Re-publication in Catalan or Spanish, A5 format (14, 85 cm x 21 cm), 162 p., 500 copies. Estimated cost: 5 000 €.
Other conditions can be studied, such as co-publication in other languages including featuring the re- publishing partner on back cover.
More info about the exhibition context
Article “Pasaje Arquitectura” Magazine
Blog Materfad, post on “The Future under Construction” exhibition
More info about us
Materfad, Barcelona materials centre
Contact
Valérie Bergeron, Materials library manager, Materfad Barcelona
vbergeron@fad.cat