Materials & Applications is a non-profit organization that produces
installations twice yearly and hosts open air discussions,
workshops, performances and other public events. We also create outreach
programs to educate and inspire property and
business owners to make choices that increase the sustainability of
their buildings and properties. M&A was created to
experiment with public space at a scale proportional to a community, a
space that can be understood, worked with,
reconfigured and used. M&A is located in front of the studio of
Didier Hess, and is a testbed for us to work with a
community to realize new and important concepts in building.
MISSION STATEMENT:
Materials & Applications (M&A) is a research and exhibition
center dedicated to pushing new and underused ideas in art,
architecture, and landscape into view. Our goal is to be a
driving force to increase public participation in the built
environment by inspiring interest in visitors with their
surroundings - while they explore the latest ideas in
architectural design and theory on an experiential level. We
aim to push the application of materials beyond what typical
limits of commercial, residential, and traditional gallery-based
projects allow, toward a more flourishing, living
architecture.