Ksenia Kudinova by Drexel Architecture Program

TRASH SHOP Ksenia Kudinova Joanne Aitken 2020-2021

Trash Crisis Incineration “Waste to Energy Plants” Can release toxic emissions and can cause serious public health effects on nearby communities

Landﬁlls Emit carbon dioxide, methane, volatile organic compounds and other hazardous pollutants into the air.

Recycling

66% of paper & cardboard is recycled

20-70% OF PLASTIC intended for recycling overseas is unusable and is ultimately discarded.

47% of METAL is recycled

27% of GLASS is recycled

8% of PLASTIC is recycled U.S. diverts most of its plastic recycling overseas to Ecuador, Cambodia, Ghana, Turkey, Philippines, Bangladesh, Senegal, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. More than 180 nations agreed in 2020 to place strict limits on exports of plastic waste overseas The U.S. is one of the few countries in the world that didn’t ratify the global ban.

Trash in Philadelphia The city of Philadelphia is committed to becoming Zero Waste by 2035 Established the Zero Waste and Litter Cabinet (but canceled due to Covid) Philadelphia’s long-term “Zero Waste” objective is to fully eliminate the use of landﬁlls and conventional incinerators by 2035. Philadelphia waste generation by sector

Drexel URBN Center (scale for reference)

Commercial 900,000 tons

Residential 375,000 tons

Philadelphia will reduce waste generation and increase waste diversion by 90% by 2035, with the remaining 10% utilized as waste to energy.

Recycling in Philadlelphia

Residence

Material Recovery Facility

Business

Philadelphia uses single-stream recycling for user convenience. Single-stream increases chances of contamination.

20% goes to landf ills due to contamination

Failure to sort properly, contaminating loads and clogging sorting equipment add to the cost of recycling. Today, recycling is more expensive than tossing items into the trash. Sorting through processing decreases the value of raw materials.

How do you make trash look like a Resource?

Cancel the “Take, Make, Waste” model and transition to...

A ciruclar economy model that extends the longevity of materials.

Improve the recycling business by...

Placing a recycling center in a dense residential neighborhood to make it more accessible

Stop imagining trash as dumped in a useless pile...

And celebrate it by making sorting instructive, easy, and fun :)

Collaborators

Precious Plastic provides people the tools, platforms and knowledge to recycle plastic waste locally, around the world.

Client / User Group

Trash Academy, a project of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Restored Spaces Initiative, uses art and creativity as a vehicle to change both our communities and how they are perceived. The program is based on the philosophy of collaboration; the research and initiative of community members fuels a shared process of education, reﬂection, advocacy and intervention.

SITE

St.

Broad

58th ST Market

VE RD A

GIRA

residential

commercial bldgs

heights of buildings

tree mapping

porches facing park

trafﬁc light vs stop signs

bike routes

bus routes and stops

car parking

Carroll Park

SIZE:

470’ x 430’ (202,100 sf)

Building on a park

Building that maximize park space

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program

TRASH SHOP The Trash Shop will become a social meeting place for the local community and a center for exchanging of ideas and experiences regarding reuse and recycling. Goals: • Convene residents to understand, address and manage trash in their households and on the streets of their neighborhoods • Engage community members in participant-led research, education, advocacy, and civic engagement • Display the possibilities that recycling and reuse offer • Make waste sorting user friendly and instructive

shop 1. 2.

a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold; a store. a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop.

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Misc. Inorganic Wastes 1.4% Other 1.5% tiles Tex 5.8% r the ea % & L 3.1

COLLECTION

Rough Estimate for Sizing Reference metric: pound of water in one cubic foot lbs per week Paper/Cardboard: 10,764 lbs

Glass 4.2%

Food 21.6%

Yard Trimm ings 12.1%

amount of recycling in the 5 min radius:

1,170 homes 46,800 lbs per week

NEW ECONOMIC MODEL CURRENT MODEL Material Recovery Facility

NEW MODEL Material Collection Facility

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# of homes in the 5 min radius:

Me t 8.8 als %

Volume req 172 ft^3

Glass:

1,966 lbs

31 ft^3

Metal:

4,118 lbs

66 ft^3

Plastics:

5,710 lbs

91 ft^3

5,664 lbs

91 ft^3

Food:

10,109 lbs

162 ft^3

Wood:

2,902 lbs

46 ft^3

Composting on Site Yard Trimmings:

Recycling is handled by private companies paid by the City. They split the profits for selling raw materials. These companies tend to manage both recycling and landfilling. They make 60%-70% profit from landfilling/incinerating/ hauling and loose money for recycling becasue of contaminated recycling loads. The new model allows residents to bring their recycling items to their local collection centers and if the items are approved, they recieve a profit of the recycling economy.

inf luences

Reuse in Ancient Rome New archeological evidence shows preserved piles of trash found outside the city walls of Pompei, believed to have been “staging grounds for cycles of use and reuse.” 1 - Mounds of ancient rubbish found in Pompeii, including here in the Porta Ercolano suburb, were in fact piles deliberately made for recycling material. 2 - A photograph from 1942 shows the ancient rubbish piled high against the city walls of Pompeii. * Allison Emmerson, University of Cincinnati

Transportation of Materials and Resources Pulley systems are cool not only for their mechanical complexity, but also for the physical interaction of manual labor.

ar·chae·ol·o·gy the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

ge·ol·o·gy the science that deals with the earth’s physical structure and substance, its history and the processes that act on it.

Displaying trash could be an opportunity to display that human activity in real time.

Plastiglomerate is a new type of rock that is the result of melted plastic trash on beaches mixing with sediment, basaltic lava fragments and organic debris.

material approach

Reusing building materials

Reusing non-building materials

Wang Shu Ningbo, China

Rural Studio Greensboro, AL

Thicker Members

More Members

Lendager Group Ørestad, Denmark

structural approach

Rural Studio Masons Bend, AL

Building with future reuse in mind Lendager Group Olympics Pavilion in

program precedent Firm: Type: Size: Site: Year:

Lendager Group Recycling Plant 4,300 sf Copenhagen, Denmark 2016

The new local recycling centre will become a social meeting place for the local society and a centre for recycling and exchange of ideas and experience regarding recycling. A place that makes waste sorting more user friendly and instructive.

structural precedent Hodder + Partners Hess Timber 2020 Worsley, Great Britain 300' - 0" 20' - 0"

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timber diagrid roof, supported on structural glue laminated timber columns cigar-shaped” glue laminated timber columns timber diagrid cassettes with diagonally arranged inner grillages straight outer glued laminated timber rafters cross laminated timber panels to tie the cassettes together Timber columns are 3850mm in length and 300 mm in width (in centre) and taper to 200 mm Timber columns rest on 16 reinforced concrete columns (450 mm in diam.) Timber diagrid consists of individual cassettes dividing the whole roof into 6-metre grids Each individual cassette measures 6 m by 3 m diagonally arranged inner grillages provide bracing

80' - 0"

Architect: Engineer: Year Built: Location:

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massing development

Corner Stores

Garden Pavillion

Idiosyncratic Utility Sheds

Pompei Plan

Placing the program on the corners of the site similar to where most commercial activity is located in the neighborhood.

A light structure connected by program and formed by the landscape.

Small scattered idiosyncratic structures that reference a similar attitutide as other utility sheds in Philadelphia Parks.

Waste resources are stored on the perimeter of the “city” until they are needed again.

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SITE MATERIALS:

BUILDING MATERIALS:

Concrete w/ exposed plastic aggregate

Timber Columns Beams, Decking Siding

Detachable Connections Steel Allows for dismantling and re-use

Gravel

OSB Interior Finish

Mono-material Connections Hardwood fastners, wood dowels, dovetail joints Allows for an easier and faster recycling process

Mulch

Glazing System Structural glazing facade with timber support structure

TYPES OF CONNECTIONS:

Chain-Link Mesh Interior Partitions Exterior Screen Steel Structural Connections

Before

during

diagrid roof module designed to be converted and reused as a table after

Plastic Collection

Building Program

Water Collection

Site Program

Collection Diagram

aftfer

Program Diagram

Ground Floor Plan

Site Section

Plastic Collection

Paper Metal Glass

Plastic Staff

Visitors