Architectural Finishes
Melbourne
Architectural finishes,
applied by hand.
Medida Forma is a Melbourne studio installing microcement, Venetian plaster, new-generation cork tiles and certified waterproofing — by hand, across floors, walls and wet areas. Seamless where you want seamless, sealed where it has to be sealed. Built to be walked on, leaned on and lived with.
Microcement · Residential Interior · Fitzroy
Surface is the first
decision, not the last
We install four surface systems in Melbourne homes and commercial interiors: microcement, Venetian plaster, new-generation cork tiles, and the certified waterproofing that goes under the wet ones. Each is mixed and laid on site, by hand. No tile. No render-and-hope. No feature wall as an afterthought.
Designed by material.
Defined by form.
Surface is not
decoration
Four surface systems, each specified to the substrate and to the way the room actually gets used.
- 01
Microcement
Seamless mineral surface
Microcement is a thin mineral coating — two to three millimetres — troweled by hand over floors, walls, stairs and joinery. It bonds to concrete, tile, ply or plaster, breathes, and wears. No grout, no joints, nowhere for the eye to stop.
- Floors
- Walls
- Joinery
- Stairs
- 02
Venetian Plaster
Polished lime
Venetian plaster is a lime finish, troweled in thin layers and burnished until it holds the light. Marmorino, tadelakt, honed matte or a wet-stone sheen — depth you can't print or paint, only build by hand, on feature walls and ceilings.
- Feature Walls
- Ceilings
- Marmorino
- Tadelakt
- 03
New Generation Cork Tiles
Warm, quiet, renewable
New-generation cork tiles are a warm, acoustic, renewable flooring — soft underfoot, quiet on sound, harvested without felling a tree. A floor that behaves like a textile and lasts like a hardwood.
- Floors
- Walls
- Acoustic
- Sustainable
- 04
Waterproofing
The surface you never see
Waterproofing is the certified membrane under every wet area — bathrooms, showers, ensuites and balconies. Detailed, compliant, installed before anything beautiful goes on top. The unglamorous half of every wet room, and the half that fails when it's skipped.
- Bathrooms
- Wet Areas
- Showers
- Balconies
Surfaces with depth · Venetian Plaster
Built in material,
resolved in detail
We finish floors, walls, wet areas, bathrooms and joinery across residential and commercial interiors — from a single feature wall to a complete fit-out.
- 01FloorsContinuous, low-profile surfaces
- 02WallsFeature and full-room finishes
- 03Wet AreasSealed, water-resistant systems
- 04BathroomsSeamless, tile-free interiors
- 05JoineryWrapped cabinetry and benchtops
- 06ResidentialHomes and renovations
- 07CommercialHospitality and retail
From substrate
to surface
Every microcement, plaster or cork installation runs the same four stages — because the finish you see is only as good as the substrate you don't.
- 01
Consult & Specify
We review the space, the substrate and the intent, then specify the system — material, finish, detailing. Decided before a tool comes out.
- 02
Prepare the Substrate
The boring part everything depends on. Assess, repair, prime — and waterproof where the room demands it.
- 03
Apply by Hand
Coat on coat, worked to the light and movement of the room. No two walls leave identical. That's the point.
- 04
Seal & Finish
Sealed for real life, then checked across every edge, transition and join. Handed over to be used, not admired from a distance.
Recent work
Surfaces in Melbourne homes and commercial interiors, with the architects, designers and builders we worked alongside.
Project write-ups coming soon.
Crafted surfaces
for Melbourne
Medida Forma is an architectural surface studio in Melbourne. We work with architects, designers, builders and homeowners to install microcement, Venetian plaster, new-generation cork tiles and certified waterproofing across residential and commercial interiors.
Every project starts with the material — its weight, its grain, the way light crosses it — and is resolved from the substrate up, then laid by hand. Edge, transition and substrate are settled before the first coat. The trowel leaves a record; we don't sand it out. Breathable mineral systems and compliant detailing, made for how Melbourne actually lives.
Notes on material
Short, practical writing on the materials we install and how they behave in real Melbourne interiors.
First notes coming soon.
Common
questions
A preview of the questions we're asked most. For anything specific to your space, the studio is happy to advise.
Yes — over a certified waterproofing membrane. That's the order that matters: membrane first, microcement on top. The result is a continuous, near-jointless surface with no grout to mould and nowhere for water to track. Built for daily moisture, not just to look the part.
Both are mineral and troweled by hand, but they do different work. Microcement is a hard-wearing, water-tolerant coating for floors, walls and wet areas — seamless function. Venetian plaster is a lime finish about depth and light, for feature walls and ceilings, not floors. One you live on. The other you look at.
Both. A single feature wall in a home, or a full hospitality fit-out — same studio, same hands, same standard.
Melbourne metro and surrounds, from our base in Preston. Further out for the right project — ask.
Tell us about the space — what's there now, what you want, the rough timeframe. Photos help. We'll come back with a recommendation, not a sales pitch.
Start your
project
Tell us about your space. We work with architects, designers, builders and homeowners across Melbourne to specify and install architectural surfaces — from a single feature wall to a complete commercial fit-out.
- StudioMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Emailsales@medidaforma.com.au
- Phone+61 3 9000 0000
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