An introduction to Studio12

Cities create things, consume them and produce their by-product which we call waste. The efficient functioning of a city depends on its ability to deal with this waste. In our economy the patterns of production, consumption and waste management are global, but the effects are localised.

We believe that we are embarking on a new era in which we cannot afford to throw 'away', hide or ignore the unwanted things we produce. This is beginning to affect the producers, making designers and manufacturers responsible for the eventual recycling of the products they make, as well as the consumer, demanding that we take responsibility for our own waste.

This begins to re-conceive the basis of our relationship with goods and materials. In place of the current linear process (produce, consume, discard), goods we no longer want or can use must become the beginning of something else, forming a cyclic process.

We will speculate on what this might mean for architecture, for our lives and for the city.

Friday, 4 December 2009

Project b - Waste EV















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  1. GroovyJazz4 December 2009 at 05:41

    This diagram explores my thoughts on the recycling process. I question the value of recycling, whether it is worth my time? Whether the waste that I might choose to recycle actually gets recycled, and if it does get recycled, does it go through a sustainable process?

    Why do we bother sorting out our waste when the single stream recycling system is far more efficient?

    Are reycling collection systems simply a trade off between public convenience and government ease and expenses?

    A study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark concluded that 83% of cases, recycling is the most efficient method to dispose of household waste, yet the Danish Environmental Assessment concluded that inceration is the most effective method. so who is right?

    When you put something into a recycling bin, do you really care and know what happens to it? Or do you assume you do, and entrust upon the 'system' to do its job.

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