An Introduction towards DS 1

An Introduction towards our Design Studio project. The Edmund. N. Bacon Urban design as part 1 of our design studio. Our site is in China Town, Philadelphia, USA. Gives an overall study area of 50 acres. We decided that the proposal for the new product should respond to issues in China town. The main theme of the studio is “Regenerative Built Environments”. To achieve regenerative Design, we all need to understand basic planetary boundaries and start reusing and recycling as our daily routine and reduce usage of new materials. In responding to the theme and co-requisite with Technologies to create a sustainable Technological built form to integrate into the design.

The main problem that piqued the interest is Illegal dumping in the streets of all sorts of general wastes, Placing collection pods or units in each and every block to collect the waste will be phase 1, By collecting them and breaking them into raw materials segregating the needed item and reuse is the way of approach in our design, By reducing plastic output from the community will be the beginning to the regenerative approach to the design.

Material

The main source of this material is plastic bottles and other plastic wastes, So before starting recycling we collect them and sort them accordingly, Once it is sorted through their grades from 1 to 7. And trying to make an alternate to the Plywood.

Types of Plastic we can use

We can recycle various plastics as possible, But some grades of plastics are considered to be safe for humans and animals. Those grades are 2,4 and 5.

These plastic mostly consist of HDPE (High-density polyethylene), LDPE (Low-density polyethylene), and PP (polypropylene). These are accepted by most recycling programs.

It is a usually opaque and low risk of leaching.

Collecting Milk bottles and Juice bottles. With grade 2 Plastic.

High Density

Polyethylene

Detergent Bottles

Grocery Bags

Milk Bottle

Shampoo Bottles

Low Density

Polyethylene

Packing Rings

Cling Film

Bread Bags

Squeeze Bottles

Polypropylene

Yogurt containers

Medicine Bottles

Caps Straws

Segregating the milk bottles before the shredding process.

Existing Material Sources

While searching for the materials which have been previously implemented in the construction field, These are some of the existing material manufacturers and I studied their process of treating the recycling plastic and made my outline of this Ideology.

Clear-Low-density polyethylene

They are trying to contribute to society by recycling plastic bottles collected all over Thailand. Also to promote recycling the plastic waste in the communities of Thailand. And they produce high-quality material recycling chips for filament yarns and produce garments, Seat covers, and Seat belts.

Normal film plastics

Mixed colour-Low-density polyethylene

Plastic paneling and Furniture

This company is based in the UK, they are from Sheffield they try to prevent plastic landfills and focus on virgin plastics and try to recycle them. Mostly they create a variety of Plastic pellets and supply them as raw materials to create desired high-quality product.

Mixed colour-High density polyethylene

High Density - Outdoor furniture

Clear-Poly propylene

High Heat resistant - Car parts

Rpcs is a Plastic Recycling company specializing in recycling post - Industrial plastic waste in the UK. They mostly work with making windows, pipes and food packaging producers. They mostly act as the intermediating company changes the property of the plastic and deliver it to the manufacturers or customers.

Mixed colour-Poly propylene

Speed bumps