b'A&D CORNER A&D fi rm bases quality control plan on the benefi ts of natural materialsBy Terri Hogan Dreyer, managing partner/principal, NANO Architecture | InteriorsHumans spend 90% of their livesrequired.Thecladdingofthese indoors. Thismeansthearchitec- planessetsthestageasthefore-tural design profession must createground, middle ground and back-interiorenvironmentswithpur- ground of the spatial composition. pose,andspecifymaterialsthat allow these environments to posi- Natural materials shinetively interact and impact the worldin QC process around us today and for the future. Sinceitsinception,NANOs Asarchitectsanddesigners,wemotivatingphilosophybehindits are challenged to be current withsuccess is one of spatial relation-designstrategies,andrigorousinships based upon a series of scales.the material specifi cations for ourThisphilosophyisperformedby projects. The assemblage of planesan analytical study of context and that defi ne space are constant andperspective,whichtranslatesinto The choice of natural materials with which to clad interior and exteri-or design elements can refl ect the integrity of the environment-con-scious design strategy.Photo courtesy of Micahl Wyckoff of MW Visual Design.64 TileLetter | August 2019'