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Material use which takes advantage of its specific properties lessens the chance of later unwanted changes in the original architectural design and guides the user experience. What stops architecture from taking the helm in material innovation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Dieter Rams, the mastermind designer of the company Braun and a trained architect, good design is innovative, aesthetic, unobtrusive, honest, long-lasting, thorough down to the last detail, environmentally friendly, makes a product useful and understandable, and last but not least, good design is as little design as possible. These are the criteria that should be met in order for our everyday design experience to be pleasant. In turn, they all depend on the choice of the best suited material. Architecture is a mediated art form where the artists may not possess complete control over the final realisation of their artistic vision. In the course of construction, unplanned alterations may be introduced in the building\u2019s design, which can also include changes in the building materials. During its existence, a building may undergo several reconstruction phases and its function may be radically changed. Would it be possible for the use of materials to be so well thought-out as to rule out any later changes? In directing the experience of the wide audience of architecture consumers, besides hitting the mark with all the criteria of \u2018good design\u2019 or principles of creating the building\u2019s \u2018net value\u20191<\/sup><\/a><\/sup>, the optimum choice of materials still plays a major role as well. The choice of material allows us to determine for whom and for which activities the object and the room is intended, how it can be used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n