Materioteca is an archive that gathers about 10,000 samples of materials in order to support teaching and research.
The available samples are divided into material classes: polymers, wood, ceramics, glass, metals, paper/cardboard, recycled materials, stones and building materials, textiles, fibres and yarns, composite materials, innovative materials and smart materials.
There are also available for consultation: the Maglieria Marina Spadafora which contains samples made by and for the Italian designer Marina Spadafora during a career of more than forty years in the knitting industry, and the Lino Archive of SISTEMA MODA ITALIA, which collects original flax yarns and fabrics produced by different companies since 1993.
The collection is constantly enriched and updated through contacts with national and international producers.
The samples are visible in the material sample catalogue.