Modular waste is common on garbage sites around the world, but if it doesn't end up on the landfill it might get promoted to new qualities, ex. chairs, music instruments, walls, etc. William McDonough describes this phenomenon as a new type of recycling that increases the qualitative value of existing products. For this phenomenon McDonough uses the term Up-cycling, which he describes as the practice of taking something that is disposable and transforming it into something of greater use and value.
During the next two weekends a collective design team consisting of students and researchers from the Architecture & Design department at aalborg University together with designers from MAPT Architects will explore advanced parametric design techniques and rapid manufacturing methods in an attempt to find and implement new use of standard modular waste. The team will investigate new structural potentialities of waste - an experiment that aims at the construction of advanced architectural waste sculptures with the potential of opening up a new dimension in the ongoing discussion on recycling and energy waste.
Design Team:
30 students from the department of Archtiecture & Design, AAU
Research assistent Esben Skouboe Poulsen, Department of Architecture & Design
Research assistent Mads Brath, Department of Architecture & Design
Architect Mads Møller, MAPT Architects
Collaborators:
Department of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University
www.aod.aau.dk
H.J. Hansen
www.hjhansen.dk
MAPT Architects
www.mapt.dk
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