Master ThesisValue In Material Substitution

Category - Residential Housing

Type - Plastic Waste Material Substitution

Year - 2019

I have embarked on a Thesis project that focuses on innovative ways for the Built Environment to prepare and utilize recycled plastic waste material into residential housing. The Architype, has high value in accessibility, durability and affordability. It will be done by collecting and sorting plastic waste from the local landfill. The waste is then sent to a production factory where the process of Shredding, Extrusion, Injection and Compression takes place.

To achieve assembly I have simplified the housing construction to a catalogue of building elements. These elements similarly to timber joinery can be smartly arranged to mimic traditional building elements or dear to be something more.

The Character of the building is emphasized by it elements. It creates a new typology of housing one that can be generated from monetized waste collection. The unusual aesthetic of the house comes from the up-cycled plastic material and its countless formal arrangement.

A project where the first phase will start as disaster relief housing / low income housing but has the potential to grow into bespoke housing.

RECYCLED PLASTIC + MODEL PROTOTYPE + ASSEMBLY

HOUSE HOLD WASTED PLASTIC RECYCLED INTO PLASTIC BRICK PROTOTYPES