Tag Plastic

02-03-2021

Circular economy and design: a pavilion by Various Associates

Chinese design firm Various Associates has been commissioned by the Shenzhen Institute of Interior Design to create the pavilion for the DESIGN IN BAY AREA exhibition. Various Associates made use of recycled materials, a modular construction method to reduce waste, and the circular economy in light of the temporary nature of the installation.

27-01-2021

WHOSE THE FAULT: PLASTIC OR MAN?

“We are consuming resources that future generations should have inherited. The Earth is a closed system. And if in a closed system we continue to consume without measure, the resources will run out. No other species would do that”— Stefano Mancuso

17-11-2020

Crafts NOW: 2nd edition, this time online

Crafts NOW, the conference on crafts organized as part of the fourteenth edition of Barcelona Design Week, will be presented online this year. The use of plastics will be discussed on 18 November 2020, and the intention is to initiate discussion on innovation around this controversial material.

21-02-2020

Prague’s Gulliver Auditorium of wood, steel and plexiglass

An auditorium for readings shaped like an airship now dominates DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, based on an optimistic view of art and literature as something powerful and unforeseeable

06-09-2019

Tenax and Twaron for the Stedelijk Museum by Benthem Crouwel Architects

Stedelijk Museum extension completed with steel structure clad in composite plastic Tenax and Twaron

04-01-2019

AREP expansion of Montpellier railway station using ETFE

The expansion of Montpellier railway station spans the tracks with pointed arches covered with ETFE

21-12-2018

Effekt Architects renovate an industrial building to adapt it for street sports

Effekt obtains a high-impact result converting a recently constructed unused industrial building into a gym for team sports with only a few technical changes on a limited budget

30-10-2018

BIOTOPE, the new project by SHJWORKS

Biotope is a new project by SHJWORKS in Copenhagen, a three-year-long experiment with a microcosm of plants and insects in an exposed part of the city - a small green lot on a busy intersection, where the Danish studio has crafted a corner of self-sustaining life.

19-09-2018

Material of the Year exhibition at the London Design Fair

During the annual London Design Festival running in September 2018, the London Design Fair presents its second Material of the Year event.