recycled plastic architecture | designboom.com https://www.designboom.com/tag/recycled-plastic-architecture/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 wallmakers weaves recycled plastic toys into the earthen facade of this home in india https://www.designboom.com/architecture/toy-storey-residence-wallmakers-vadakara-india-03-08-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/toy-storey-residence-wallmakers-vadakara-india-03-08-2024/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:45:28 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1051993

the home's complex, latticework facade of earthen tiles integrates over 6,200 discarded plastic toys.

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using ocean plastic, MVRDV sculpts 3D-printed screen around tiffany store in singapore https://www.designboom.com/architecture/using-ocean-plastic-mvrdv-sculpts-3d-printed-screen-for-tiffany-store-singapore-changi-airport-10-17-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/using-ocean-plastic-mvrdv-sculpts-3d-printed-screen-for-tiffany-store-singapore-changi-airport-10-17-2023/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:01:07 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1023488

the architects used a 50-millimeter-thick screen with light and dark blue gradients evoking deep ocean waters.

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MEAN* wraps dubai’s 3D-printed Hermès pop-up in iconic orange tessellation https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mean-wraps-traveling-hermes-pop-up-vivid-orange-3d-printed-tessellation-01-18-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mean-wraps-traveling-hermes-pop-up-vivid-orange-3d-printed-tessellation-01-18-2023/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:01:21 +0000 ravail khan I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=959163

MEAN* reimagines the iconic parisian newspaper kiosk evoking hermès' iconic brand identity.

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floating ‘polimeropolis’ city made of recycled plastic waste cleanses the ocean https://www.designboom.com/architecture/floating-polimeropolis-city-recycled-plastic-waste-cleanses-ocean-estudio-focaccia-prieto-01-10-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/floating-polimeropolis-city-recycled-plastic-waste-cleanses-ocean-estudio-focaccia-prieto-01-10-2023/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 03:05:24 +0000 Juan Prieto https://www.designboom.com/?p=956227

barriers of nets and vegetation encircle the islands to capture micro plastics and purify the ocean's water.

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MAST develops system of floating architecture from upcycled plastic modules https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mast-land-on-water-floating-architecture-homes-10-18-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mast-land-on-water-floating-architecture-homes-10-18-2022/#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:15:29 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=936871

the modular system is a flexible and environmentally sensitive solution to building floating architecture.

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pop up/drop off: inflatable architecture by pratt students is a quilt of recycled plastic https://www.designboom.com/architecture/pop-up-drop-off-inflatable-architecture-dra-lab-pratt-institute-pneuhaus-05-25-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/pop-up-drop-off-inflatable-architecture-dra-lab-pratt-institute-pneuhaus-05-25-2022/#respond Wed, 25 May 2022 18:35:26 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=903012

the inflatable architecture translates the harmful waste of the anthropocene into a plastic recycling collection point.

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‘the bottle project’ is an experimental workspace for the differently abled in pakistan https://www.designboom.com/architecture/open-door-design-studio-and-workshop-the-bottle-project-pakistan-12-24-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/open-door-design-studio-and-workshop-the-bottle-project-pakistan-12-24-2021/#respond Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:05:00 +0000 Shehrebanu https://www.designboom.com/?p=863451

the idea was to build an accessible, light, and low-cost structure using sustainable materials. 

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the plastic flamingo collects, cleans, shreds + turns ocean bound plastic waste into construction planks https://www.designboom.com/technology/the-plastic-flamingo-ocean-plastic-construction-planks-10-26-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/the-plastic-flamingo-ocean-plastic-construction-planks-10-26-2021/#respond Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:30:14 +0000 juliana neira I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=846869

the plastic flamingo aims to fight the country’s plastic waste crisis by turning bottles, soft plastics, and sachets into planks that can be used as a building material.

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3-ply facemasks and everyday discarded plastics make up this turntable dome in new jersey https://www.designboom.com/architecture/turntable-dome-made-with-facemasks-and-discarded-plastics-new-jersey-05-02-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/turntable-dome-made-with-facemasks-and-discarded-plastics-new-jersey-05-02-2021/#respond Mon, 03 May 2021 10:40:22 +0000 ASchachter https://www.designboom.com/?p=797383

turntable is a rotating public installation that transforms discarded everyday plastics into a transcendent common space for reflection.

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these houses by conceptos plásticos are built with blocks made from waste plastic https://www.designboom.com/architecture/conceptos-plasticos-blocks-waste-plastic-02-09-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/conceptos-plasticos-blocks-waste-plastic-02-09-2021/#respond Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:20:52 +0000 juliana neira I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=772081

conceptos plásticos is trying to mitigate the negative environmental impact of waste plastic by transforming it into an alternative construction material.

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