<p>A method for making a composite and/or structured material includes : forming a lattice construction from a plurality of solid particles, the construction being formed so as to have one or more gaps, between the particles; invading the lattice construction with a fluid material such that the fluid material at least partially penetrates the gaps; and, solidifying the material which invaded the lattice construction to form a composite material. In one suitable embodiment, the method further includes removing at least a portion of the lattice construction from the composite material thereby forming at the location of the removed portion one or more pores in the solidified material that invaded the construction.</p>