Natural building materials
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about natural building materials
Project • By Dionne Arquitectos • Offices
Leonali
An environmentally responsible office project, focused on recycling and reusing both space and materials.
Developed inside a former textile factory from the first half of the twentieth century, Oficinas Leonali seeks to revive a disused space by giving another essence to the place.
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The project takes advantage of and rescues the original structure of the factory, adapting the building to create a new use and atmosphere within the space. Inside the factory, a free floor plan is created, which is used to generate the project with the least number of dividing walls to separate the spaces. Each space has windows to allow permeability and integration of all spaces.
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Oficinas Leonali pays attention and care to pro... More
News • News • 3 Apr 2022
‘Hemp, Lime and Marés House’ by IDEO arquitectura finds inspiration in the use of natural building materials
A place for experimentation and testing, the ‘Hemp, Lime and Marés House,’ as it has been named by IDEO arquitectura, is inspired by the use of natural materials in building design. Located on the south island of Mallorca, the house features rubble generated by the work itself, the reuse and recycling of finishes such as flooring, tiling, doors, new materials from companies based locally on the island, along with hemp, lime plaster, and marés block.
Salva López
The 200-year-old house was suffering from the problem of rising dampness. Though not widely employed as a building material in Spain, the architects knew hemp was suitable for areas with high ambient humidity as the hygrothermal regulation of th... More