Materials are never neutral.
In these projects, concrete carries memory, bamboo becomes structure, wood reveals labour…
Materials are never neutral.
In these projects, concrete carries memory, bamboo becomes structure, wood reveals labour, and reuse turns necessity into language. Material as Narrative looks beyond surface aesthetics to trace how buildings are shaped by what they are made of — and why.
From low-cost ingenuity to crafted precision, these works treat material not as finish, but as a storyteller. Construction becomes a form of authorship, articulating place, economy, climate and culture through what is built, left exposed, or deliberately reused.
Here, material is not decoration.
It is evidence.
It is intention.
It is narrative.
