REPURPOSE MATERIAL MANIFESTO_ Feb 2020: Sitora Alieva
LIST OF CONTENTS: ARTIFACTS Miniature_ Mountains in Altoids Miniature_ Park view in a shower head Miniature_ Sink framed Plastic rose
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BOOKLET_ REPURPOSE Inspirational photos & quotes Manifesto
pp. 8 - 12 pp. 13 - 23
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Mountains in Altoids
Park view in the shower head
Description: Miniature of the mountains from a birds-eye view
Description: Miniature of a park scene
Materials: Altoids tin, air-dry clay, acrylic paint, padding polyester, artificial moss
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Materials: broken shower head, dried plant seeds, plywood chippings, floral foam, clear PVC sheet, artificial moss, scaled figures
Sink Framed
Plastic Rose
Description: Miniature of a hypothetical scene where people live above their waste waters and surrounding nature has died out
Description: An imitation of a rose made from plastic
Materials: Yakisoba noodles plastic tray, paper, dried plant seeds, q-tips, acrylic paint, shower head joint tube, clear PVC sheet, scaled figures
Materials: Yakisoba noodles plastic tray (petals mented in the air fryer oven)
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Melting Pot_ Sabine Ducasse 8
Pelech_ Lukas Atelier Czechia
Head in the Clouds STUDIOKCA_ NY
Microlibrary_ SHAU Indonesia
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“The ‘cradle-to-grave’ approach involves a lifecycle of a material or product from its creation to its disposal. ... Therefore, the lifecycle assessment is an important role to guide the selection of materials for sustainability options”.
From Renewable and Sustainable Material 10
Lucy Carpet House_ Rural Studio 11
XIXE_ El Anatsui 12
MANIFESTO
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re·use use again or more than once.
re·pur·pose adapt for use in a different purpose.
pur·pose the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
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RE:PURPOSE - 1.1 -
Things that no longer serve their purpose or failed to do so from the beginning of their existence should not be carelessly thrown away, but repurposed to serve a new goal.
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An object should be designed to execute a function, i.e. have literal meaning to it. If not, it should serve its users as an alert to complete a function.
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RE:SERVE - 2.1 -
No object should be thrown away if it is still intact and functioning. The owner has no right to purchase a substitute, unless was given a permission when donating the unwanted object.
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- 2.2 -
An object must meet certain conditions to be donated. Time period used for is one of the conditions. These conditions must not be achieved artificially.
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RE:SPONSIBLE - 3.1 -
One should not exceed a limit of “One 12oz jar of Trash” per day. If done so, one should keep the excess for the rest of the day to fill the following day’s normative.
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Any kind of discarded substance must be properly disposed either through Recycling, Reusing, or Composting. Nothing should go into a landfill bin.
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Before recycling or composting, check the discarded object for required properties. If the object does not fit those requirements, i.e. cannot be recycled or composed, the object should be kept by the owner.
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No discarded object or substance should be left in a public space, somebody else’s property, or outside the owner’s property. If done so, the culprit will be given an administrative penalty of 3 to 17 “No trash” days.
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Any non-food scarps, or leftover material, should be donated to a local storage facility, if no longer needed by the owner. Everything in the Storage Booth should be available for free. No one has the right to reserve objects from the Storage Booth. The facility operates on a “firstcome, first-served” basis. 23