WHAT IS QUARTZ COUNTERTOP?
Quartz, one of the most abundant minerals in nature, has been discovered and carved and used in areas such as jewelry since ancient times, considered valuable by ancient cultures for its healing properties, decorated ancient tombs, and was used to make millstones and stone tools due to its hard structure. With the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, quartz expanded its usage area with the addition of materials such as resin and began to be used in architecture.In the 20th century, with the developments in the industrial field, quartz countertops that have different colors and patterns with pigments started to be produced in Italy.Quartz countertops, which quickly became popular in homes in Europe, experienced a great boom in the market in the 90s in the USA due to their imitation of natural stones such as granite and marble and their availability in different sizes, and have continued to maintain their impact until today.
Today, the concept of sustainability has become an important concept in the field of construction as in all other fields. In order to build sustainable buildings, architects paid more attention to what material the design should be created with rather than its exterior. Quartz and porcelain materials have been used for creating a sustainable design considering both aesthetics and ecological aspects. Due to their versatility, quartz and porcelain slabs have been frequently used by architects in different application areas such as ventilation facades, fireplace claddings, bathrooms in order to provide both energy saving and energy efficiency.
Porcelain and quartz will continue to be used by architects who renovate the old by producing sustainable solutions with their high performance such as square meter price advantages, ease of application and will always take place in the architectural field.
Interior Architect Elif Demir | elf.demiirr
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