"A material property is an intensive property of a material, i.e., a physical property or chemical property that does not depend on the amount of the material."
- A consideration of the physical properties and characteristics of materials used in construction and design.
Material selection: The process of choosing materials and their properties based on aesthetic, functional, and structural requirements.
Materiality in design: The use of materials to create certain effects, such as transparency, lightness, or solidity.
Sustainability: How material choices affect the environment and how architects and designers can make responsible choices.
Manufacturing techniques: Understanding how materials are made and assembled, and how this affects their use in architecture.
Physical properties: An understanding of material properties such as strength, flexibility, durability, and texture.
Historic and cultural significance: How materials have been used throughout history and their cultural significance, including historic preservation.
Construction techniques: Understanding how materials are assembled and connected to create structures, and how this affects their use in architecture.
Interaction with light: How materials interact with light and shadow to create different effects in the built environment.
Effects of weathering: How materials age and react to the environment over time, and how this affects their use in architecture.
Economics: The cost of materials and their impact on project budgets and timelines.
Concrete: A highly versatile material that can be molded into different shapes and forms, offering an industrial aesthetic to contemporary architecture.
Steel: Providing durability and strength, steel is often used for structural support and creates a modern, sleek appearance.
Glass: A material that promotes transparency and allows for natural light to enter a building. It’s often used for achieving a minimalist and futuristic look.
Timber: Being a warm and inviting material, timber is becoming popular due to the shift towards sustainable construction practices.
Aluminum: A lightweight, corrosion-resistant material that offers versatility in design and allows for easy installation.
Brick: A timeless and traditional material used for its aesthetic appeal and durability, often found in contemporary buildings as an homage to the past.
Stone: Used for its natural beauty, strength, and durability, stone is often employed in high-end residences and buildings that require a premium feel.
Terracotta: A material that offers unique, handcrafted aesthetics that can be customized in a variety of colors to blend well with different surroundings.
Corrugated Metal: A low-maintenance, cost-effective material that has been trendy in industrial and rural contemporary designs.
Plaster/Gypsum: Offering a clean and minimalist appearance and can be fashioned into different textures and shapes.
"A property having a fixed value for a given material or substance is called a material constant or constant of matter."
"Materials properties often vary to some degree according to the direction in the material in which they are measured, a condition referred to as anisotropy."
"Materials properties that relate to different physical phenomena often behave linearly (or approximately so) in a given operating range. Modeling them as linear functions can significantly simplify the differential constitutive equations that are used to describe the property."
"These quantitative properties may be used as a metric by which the benefits of one material versus another can be compared, thereby aiding in materials selection."
"A material property may also be a function of one or more independent variables, such as temperature."
"Equations describing relevant materials properties are often used to predict the attributes of a system."
"The properties are measured by standardized test methods."
"Many such methods have been documented by their respective user communities and published through the Internet; see ASTM International."
"(Material constants should not be confused with physical constants, that have a universal character.)"
"Materials properties that relate to different physical phenomena often behave linearly (or approximately so) in a given operating range."
"The properties are measured by standardized test methods."
"A material property is an intensive property of a material, i.e., a physical property or chemical property that does not depend on the amount of the material."
"A property having a fixed value for a given material or substance is called a material constant or constant of matter."
"These quantitative properties may be used as a metric by which the benefits of one material versus another can be compared, thereby aiding in materials selection."
"Equations describing relevant materials properties are often used to predict the attributes of a system."
"A material property may also be a function of one or more independent variables, such as temperature."
"Materials properties often vary to some degree according to the direction in the material in which they are measured, a condition referred to as anisotropy."
"Modeling them as linear functions can significantly simplify the differential constitutive equations that are used to describe the property."
"(Material constants should not be confused with physical constants, that have a universal character.)"