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Founder @marchmaterials, based in Beurrelin 🧈

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Last 4 days to submit your project to the MARCH Autumn Awards!

🎙️Marie, co-founder & CEO of MARCH, on why the Awards are more than a competition: your project becomes part of an ecosystem.

She also shares the most stressful moment of a past edition, what makes this year’s jury special, and what the Awards mean to her.

And a Dutch word worth learning: “Geitenwollensokken” literally means “goat wool socks”, the playful Dutch nickname for the eco-conscious type.

Late Entry closes next week, October 15.

Have you already submitted your project?
→ app.marchmaterials.com

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The MARCH Awards, according to the person who built them. 🎙️

“A very unique competition that does not only evaluate projects based on design, but also on the type of materials used” — Marie, co-founder & CEO of MARCH

Behind the MARCH Awards: why this competition is different, why it’s worth submitting, and the sometimes messier reality behind the scenes.

FREE ENTRY. Last week. ⏳
After Monday Sept 21, entry fees kick in.

Have you already submitted your project?
Start your draft here → app.marchmaterials.com

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What if finding sustainable materials was as easy as watching your favorite series? 🎬

This is how MARCH began.

When Marie, an architect who experienced firsthand how hard it was to build sustainably, decided to rethink how materials are sourced.

After years of spending countless hours searching for responsible, beautiful, and affordable materials, she wanted to make it easier for every architect to do the same.

That idea became MARCH, a platform built to connect architects, materials, and makers, and to make sustainable construction the new normal.

Together with you, we’re turning that vision into reality. 💚

And stay tuned, we’ll soon be launching the full version of our platform. Exciting things are coming. ✨

Remember! Only 2 days left to vote for your favorite project on the MARCH platform.
👉 Vote now at www.marchmaterials.com

🗓 Public Voting closes tomorrow
🏆 People’s Choice Award - Oct 17
🏛 Jury Awards - Oct 24

MARCH founders: @roelsmmarie & @belenmb9

🎥 Huge thanks to @fraulein_architektin for helping us share this chapter of our journey.

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Who’s behind MARCH Materials?

1️⃣ We’re Alex, Marie & Belén — architects, design enthusiasts, material nerds… and close friends.

We came together to take sustainable materials out of the niche and into everyday practice. Because we believe they should be used everywhere and it shouldn’t be so hard to make that happen.

So we decided to help architects make it easier.

2️⃣ @roelsmmarie is a Belgian prize-winning architect, and coffee + dog lover. 🐶

3️⃣ @__alexx__ is a US-trained interior designer and experienced full-stack developer who loves good food and wine. 🍷

4️⃣ @belenmb9 is a Spanish specialist in materials and urban elements, fan of the sea and sunshine. ☀️

We built MARCH to help architects discover and use sustainable materials — easily. 💚

It’s a visual sourcing tool that connects built projects with the suppliers, manufacturers and builders that made them possible.

MARCH is built for architects, by architects.

👉 Link in bio to explore the platform and submit your project to our competition.

#marchmaterials #architecturecompetition #forarchitectsbyarchitects #sustainabledesign #materialsmatter

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⏰ 24 HOURS LEFT ⏰
To register before the prices goes up!

Tomorrow we enter late entry, reserve your spot now and complete the submission later.

✔️ Submit your built project
✔️ Be seen by top international architects
✔️ Win up to 2,000€

Don’t miss out - register now.
www.marchmaterials.com/competition

👉🏽 Link in Bio to start the submissions form.

📸 @material_cultures

#marchmaterials #architecturecompetition #sustainabledesign #architectureprojects #biomaterials

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5 DAYS LEFT and it’s not just about submitting your work— it’s about getting it in front of the people who actually move the industry forward.

Deadline to do that? 15 July.

Meet our jury members and changemakers.
From media to policy to community action, this jury knows how to make an impact:

• Colin Chee — Creative Director at Never Too Small
• Hattie Hartman — Sustainability Editor at The Architects’ Journal
• Imme Groet — Sustainability Consultant and Ketenregisseur at Hedgehog, Convenant Houtbouw MRA & Building Balance
• Hilde Vanwildemeersch — Founder at Woonder
• Jurgen Naets — Founder at Ecobouwers
• Marie Roels — Co-founder at MARCH Materials

They’re looking for architecture that challenges, questions, and leads. Is that yours?

General submissions close 15 July
Late deadline: 31 July

🔗 Link in bio.

#marchmaterials #architecturecompetition #buildingchange

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De laatste ateliers van 2023 ✨

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Bei LAGERSCHWERTFEGER legen wir großen Wert auf Transparenz und Einbeziehung in unseren Entwurfsprozess. Durch offene und direkte Gespräche über Designentscheidungen können wir die Zusammenarbeit fördern und alle Teammitglieder ermutigen, ihre Ideen und Perspektiven einzubringen. Diese Diskussionen helfen uns, kreative Lösungen zu finden und sicherzustellen, dass alle Stimmen gehört werden, was zu qualitativ hochwertigen Designs führt.⁠
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#holzbau #nachhaltigbauen #lagerschwertfeger #womeninarchitecture #sustainablearchitecture #timberconstruction #greenbuilding #buildings #design #sustainability #bauenmitholz #nachhaltig #architecture #modelbau #architecturemodels #collaboration #meeting #presentation #participatoryarchitecture #partizipativearchitektur #team #workshop #communication #inspiration #architecturalinspiration #moodboard #Präsentation #architecturalillustration #architecturaldrawings

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A new collaboration with local craftspeople has given birth to Dipdii*.

Check our website
https://shop.dipdiitextiles.org/about-dipdii
to have a look on our new collection in collaboration with Elke Burmeister and Veronika Lena Lang!

Dipdii has from the start been about creating quality of life for craftspeople. Our story started in Bangladesh, but the current issue of fast fashion has been affecting independent and small-scale tailors everywhere. Dipdii* is about creating meaningful collaborations with local craftspeople that share our vision in creating a participative, sustainable and decentralized production which is based on local textile traditions, with every piece being unique and with the purpose to improve the quality of life.

Pictures from @lefranchy and @Michael Obex

#dipdiitextiles #women #craftspeople #circulareconomy #localtextiletradition #sustainability #crafts #madeinbangladesh #textiles #bangladesh #feminism #handmade #handmadewithlove #recycle #fabrics #embroidery #rudrapur #whomademyclothes #fairtrade #fairfashion #art #artwork #artworks
#textileart #artexhibition #wemadeyourclothes #suportwomen

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The Exhibition 'Essential Beauty' at Museo ICO is ending soon on 08/05.

'Essential beauty' showcases my most important works and RoSana is one of them!

There is still time to vote for it to become the Public's Choice for the @constructivealps Award 2022!
(Link in Bio)

Not only my architectural work, but also the @dipdiitextiles are essential to this exhibition. Together they represent an alternative future: participative, sustainable, decentralized, based on local traditions, with every creation being unique and with the purpose to improve the quality of life.

You can visit the Dipdii shop through the link in my bio!

Thank you to the whole ICO Team to curate and carry this wonderful exhibition!

#womeninarchitecture #museoico #constructivealps #Rosenheim #vote #nomination #earth #earthconstruction #sustainability #dipdiitextiles #fairfashion #bangladeshi #ruralarea #womenempowerment

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