SMC N.23 2026 | FOCUS ON MATERIALS AND NATURE IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

SMC MAGAZINE N. TWENTYTHREE/2026

001_COVER AND INDEX

005_ FROM MATERIAL PERFORMANCE TO MATERIAL CULTURE. ARCHITECTURE, PLACE AND THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION
Paola De Joanna

013_ BOARDS AND INFORMATION

FOCUS ON MATERIALS AND NATURE IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

014_ OPTIMIZATION OF THE FIRING CYCLE FOR CLAY BRICKS WITH DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS
Driss El Hachmi, Anouar Bouchahma, Selma El Bergui,Yahia Zakaria, Otmane Khaldi, Bachir Hamris

019_ WATER WAY
Eco-project for the Lambro quarries
Francesco Cacciola

025_ BIOGENIC MATERIALS IN MEDITERRANEAN VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE. Building decarbonization with arundo donax
Luigi Alini, Corrado Carbonaro, Camilla Mileto, Fernando Vegas

033_ INDUSTRIAL HEMP: A STRATEGIC BIOBASED RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Tiziana Firrone

046_ NARRATIVE MATERIAL AUTARCHY FOR A NEW MEDITERRANEAN CIRCULARITY. Local Upcycling and Domestic Biodesign
Carla Langella, Giovanna Nichilò

051_ TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN BLOCKBAU CONSTRUCTION
Sustainable technology and naturalness
Enrico Pez, Francesco Chinellato

058_ DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY:
THE CHOICE OF TIMBER
Francesca Giofrè

064_ MULTISCALE IMPACT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF PHOSPHOGYPSUM-BASED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Otmane Khaldi, Mohammed Ben Ali, Yahia Zakaria, Anouar Bouchahma, Driss El Hachmi

069_ FLUID PUBLICS: Green Little Worlds
Despoina Zavraka