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Light weight and faster construction

 porotherm bricks are 60% lighter than conventional walling material. They are easy
to handle so helps improve productivity in masonry.
 High compressive strength and life span
 Thermal and sound Insulation

  Natural and Green

 Energy saving
MIXING MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND MATERIALITY

Materiality in architecture can attract and guide users into a building, and encourage engagement
through various senses; see, touch, sometimes even smell and hear (though rarely taste… edible
structures; perhaps an idea in the making.) Besides encouraging user engagement and setting
atmospheric tones, the placement and arrangement of materials can also be utilized to emphasize
the volumetric form of a building

 According to the Global Status Report 2017, published by World Green

Building Council, building and construction are responsible for 39% of
all carbon emissions in the world 
 Building materials have also been listed as a critical source causing
indoor air pollution, a continuous exposure to which can lead to
respiratory ailments (source:United States Environmental Protection
Agency). The ‘sick building syndrome’, as it is commonly referred as,
affects the health conditions of the buildings’ occupants, also resulting
in low productivity levels.
 The ill-effects inflicted by unsustainable procuring and production
practices results in prolonged and irreversible damages (can be
witnessed across the globe as climate change, pandemic outbreaks,
displaced settlements etc.)
 DESIGN EXTERIOR CLADDING WITH INTENT

 By contrast, simply “applying” materials like paint, with neither discretion nor intent, can
confuse a design. The square, boxy shape of this “modern” design is not its primary
weakness; rather, it’s the haphazard, poorly composed use of materials that attempt to
give the design character. The alternating use of brick/stucco/brick/stucco is elementary;
 the cedar siding used as both soffits and as cladding is visually confusing. The material
composition lacks rhythm, causing the viewer’s eyes to jump around, never fully taking
in the design as a whole. The four-building volumes are similar in their proportions, and
the four materials (brick, cedar, stucco, glass) are loud, equally weighted, and visually
unsatisfying.

Facades
Facades differ depending upon their design, style, functionality, type of buildings, materials,
etc. Each façade has its own distinctive character and unique style.

a)Double Skin Façade

 

Facades with pattern designs

  Wood carvings with intricate patterns on the façade create unique and appealing
enliven surfaces.
 Attractive patterns are created by sunlight in the interior spaces with the interplay of
light and shades at different times of the day.
 Provides privacy and wood acts as an insulation.

Materials
 Using Aluminum for facades, balcony railings(vertical aluminum fins and shaded
aluminum sheets) in commercial buildings is constructive since they are durable and
are easy to maintain.
 For a traditional touch to the indoors, detailed and intrinsic wooden doors and
columns, paintings on the ceilings, stone flooring, rustic furniture, etc., making the
interiors of the rooms exotic and beautiful.
 Ventilation walls – made of cemboards and ironframes.