1,291
edits
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Our society manifests itself in concrete and steel. Most building are designed for an indefinite time span without a proper plan for each stage of its life. Often buildings get demolished simply because there is no need for them anymore, not because the old structure became unusable. | |||
Recycling or reusing the debris, while possible, is a difficult task due to the fact that most building materials like concrete or bricks cannot be broken up in their original form and thus are simply crushed and mixed in parts to fresh cement or used as [[wikipedia:Downcycling|downcycled]] products elsewhere. Materials like plastics can be recycled but only when mixed with new raw material. Many of the other materials that make up buildings, like insulation, adhesives or contaminated and mixed materials, end up in landfills because there is no other way to use them. | |||
Taking nature's cycle of growth and decay as inspiration, I plan to design multiple shelters and dwellings that decay over time. Using a combination of biodegradable and sustainable materials these dwellings will completely biodegrade to soil. | |||
===Cardboard dome=== | ===Cardboard dome=== | ||
[[File:Cardboard-dome-fail.jpg|thumb|right|The first failed attempt to create assemble the dome. Better measuring next time!]]The first prototype is a dome made from corrugated paper. The individual parts are being laser cut and can easily be assembled by putting the pieces into each other. The dome can be made in arbitrary sizes. | [[File:Cardboard-dome-fail.jpg|thumb|right|The first failed attempt to create assemble the dome. Better measuring next time!]]The first prototype is a dome made from corrugated paper. The individual parts are being laser cut and can easily be assembled by putting the pieces into each other. The dome can be made in arbitrary sizes. |
edits