TOUCH-SHAPE-CREATION

Design 04 (Spring 2022) Queens, Ny

In Collaboration with Danielle Pelletier

Professor: Justine Shapiro-Kline

This project proposes designing a Waste-to-Energy, recycling, and greenhouse facility in Queens, New York. One of our main goals is to draw in local community members to learn about the effects of trash disposal, and to make the connection that as a New Yorker, what we do in our local environment has ulterior but significant effects on the natural world. We want to make the connection between waste and nature something that is tangible and experiential. While the relationship between humans and nature may have many meanings, we take it to be a relationship that is bidirectional and interconnected.