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When choosing a type of material, we transform a space. And, with that, we generate an experience and evoke emotions... in relation to colour and texture that are being conveyed to us.

EM LIVING promotes that experience.

Commitments:

- To actively collaborate in identifying integrated solutions for the realization of architectural projects, through a network of partnerships;

- To favor products of sustainable forestry origin;

- Ensure compliance with FSC® (C135685) and PEFC (PEFC/13-31-147) values and requirements, guaranteeing that EM Living is not directly or indirectly involved in situations of:

           - Illegal logging or trade;

           - Violation of human or traditional rights associated with forestry operations;

           - Destruction of high conservation values;

           - Significant conversion of forest areas to plantations or non-forest use areas;

           - Use of genetically modified organisms;

           - Violation of ILO Fundamental Conventions;

- Ensure that any material proven to be from illegal sources is not placed on the market;

- Encourage the dissemination and international expansion of the brands represented;

- Ensuring adequate and safe working conditions for employees and promoting the appreciation of their performance;

- Encourage employee satisfaction and involvement.

EM Living is committed to complying with fundamental principles and rights at work, ensuring, within the scope of its activities:

           - Freedom of association and effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;

           - The elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor;

           - The effective abolition of child labor;

           - The elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation.

In order to verify effective compliance with these principles, EM Living periodically carries out its self-assessment of the basic requirements of FSC work and makes its results available.
 

«Every day we come into contact with houses and things, but rarely do we feel any huge sense of emotion or awareness; we understand that touch is one of the most interesting aspects in the perception of architecture. Putting your hand on a handrail or stepping on an irregular pavement are experiences where our body interfaces with the body of the building. Many times a hand that secures, caresses, pulls and holds is one of the best mediums to experience and understand a given location. The Finnish architect, Juhani Pullasmaa, said “the door handle is a handshake with the building” and, in fact, the firmness this imparts to us through our hands, or the way it lets itself be gripped or guides our hand helps us become confident about the solidity of the construction as well as the “honesty” and “character” of the building itself.»

A Casa dos Sentidos – Crónicas de Arquitectura. Author: Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues. Publisher: ARQCOOP