ASSEMBLAGES THESIS STUDIO

StAge 6 2018/2019

locAtion: river nene, the FenS, United KingdoM

The thesis aims to address the ever-increasing plastic problem affecting our marine ecosystems. Located in The Fens, on the mouth of the River Nene, the facility will act as a plastic barrier between the river and sea by bringing the waste plastic from several sources into the building to be recycled. The intervention will allow for the waste plastic to be re-used, developing further components of the building on site.

INTRODUCTION

“Let us try to imagine a dweller in the ‘Plastic Age’ that is already upon us. This creature of our imagination, this ‘Plastic Man’ will come into a world of colour and bright shining surfaces... he is surrounded on every side by this tough, safe, clean material which human thought has created. Outside the home, the same universal rule of plastic holds. Even the tennis racquets, golf clubs and fishing tackle which employ the leisure of the ‘Plastic Man’ will be entirely made of plastic, and when he comes to travel he will find it everywhere.”

In 1945, in their book titled ‘Plastics’, Yarsley and Couzens predicted this ‘Plastic Man,’ who lived his whole life surrounded by plastic, from his birth until his death. This new plastic material was seen to become the solution to our problems, providing increased life of food products and providing a sterile environment. However, in the solution to solving these problems, the mismanagement of plastic has led to greater issues affecting our world.

A walk along any part of the UK coastline will show evidence of this growing plastic problem. Plastics are supposed to be a solution but have led to greater problems as they are now having a negative effect on our oceans and rivers, mostly due to mismanagement of plastic waste and irresponsible attitudes towards recycling. This plastic pollution is most visible along the coastlines and riverbanks.

Being so lightweight, plastic travels along the ocean currents and unlike many other materials, can take hundreds of years to decompose. When plastic starts to degrade, it creates microplastics (plastic pieces less than 5mm) which scientists have now found to be located within the fish we are eating. By mapping plastic pollution around UK coastlines, a link can be seen between the ocean currents and where the plastic pollution meets the land. One current major issue is that the UK exports some of its plastic waste to other countries and due to China no longer being an option to export to, there is now ever-growing stockpiles of plastic waste left in the UK.

Quite often, plastics that can’t be recycled or that are contaminated go to landfill (e.g. Crisps packets). The ideal scenario for a solution to plastic pollution is a ‘closed loop system’, where no new plastic is produced and the existing plastic goes through a cycle of recycling and reuse, however this is a policy that would take many years to ever be considered by government. If there were more specialised facilities within in the UK to process more various types of plastics, more plastic could therefore be recycled and reused, preventing plastic from ending up as pollution.

Within the assemblages studio I have been looking into a solution to the mismanaging of plastic by creating a closed loop system to prevent plastic entering the sea, and therefore aims to address the ever-increasing plastic problem affecting our marine ecosystems. . The most common way plastic enters the sea is through rivers. Located in The Fens, on the mouth of the River Nene, the facility will act as a plastic barrier between the river and sea by bringing the waste plastic from several sources into the building to be recycled; from the river using an air barrier, plastic bales via cargo ships and household waste plastic brought in by lorries. The intervention will allow for this waste plastic to be re-used, developing further components of the building on site and result in processing the plastic tide.

ASSEMBLAGE THEORY

An assemblage is a collection of parts, which need to interact with each other. These parts could be many different elements such as objects, people or places. These parts make up a whole relationship, a collective of interactions, and without the interactive parts, the whole might not function. For example, society is a whole and we are products of that whole and our interactions is what keeps society functioning.

Deleuze and Guattari first developed assemblage theory in their book ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ and then much later, Manuel DeLanda adopted this theory in his book ‘A New Philosophy of Society’. In his book, DeLanda quotes a passage from Deleuze and Parnet, of which he considers a simple defination, as they begin to explain assemblage theory;

‘What is an assemblage? It is a multiplicity which is made up of many heterogeneous terms and which establishes liaisons, relations between them, across ages, sexes and reigns – different natures. Thus, the assemblage’s only unity is that of a co-functioning: it is a symbiosis, a ‘sympathy’. It is never fi liations which are important, but alliances, alloys; these are not successions, lines of descent, but contagions, epidemics, the wind.’

PLASTICS

Plastics were once the solution to many problems, as Yarsley and Couzens once predicted with the ‘Plastic Age’ in their book titled ‘Plastics’ in 1945. However, although plastic has helped the human race greatly, the way in which we dispose of the material has become a worldwide problem.

Within their book ‘Plastics’, Yarsley and Couzens discuss the ‘Plastic Man’ and describe an entire life of a man who is surrounded by plastic, from his birth until his death. The world he is brought into is full of plastic, his cot, his toys, his entire nursey, everything is plastic. This continues all the way to the old age plastic man who has plastic teeth and who has a plastic coffin awaiting him. They speak of plastic and all the postivies it brings forward, such as no rust and a world full of colour.

Although they mention how robust and long lasting the material is, in this book it is seen as only a positive and it is only today we now see the devastating effects plastic is having on the environment and especially within the marine ecosystems.

“Let us try to imagine a dweller in the ‘Plastic Age’ that is already upon us. This creature of our imagination, this ‘Plastic Man’ will come into a world of colour and bright shining surfaces... he is surrounded on every side by this tough, safe, clean material which human thought has created.

Outside the home, the same universal rule of plastic holds. Even the tennis racquets, golf clubs and fishing tackle which employ the leisure of the ‘Plastic Man’ will be entirely made of plastic, and when he comes to travel he will find it everywhere.”

PLASTIC POLLUTION

Plastic pollution is becoming an ever-increasing problem throughout the world today, and is most visible along the coastlines when the rubbish washes up. Here are images taken from a short walk along the beach. The plastic is highlighted in blue. The negative effect plastic is now having on the marine ecosystems is evident here. Although some are now attempting to start small scale clean up operations throughout the most heavily effected places in the world.

The main cause of plastic pollution in the rivers and seas is due to mismanagement of plastic waste and irresponsible attitudes towards recycling. Even if governmental policy and attitudes were to change overnight, the plastic soup would still be present in the worlds oceans, as plastics can take hundreds of years to decompose.

THE PLASTIC PROBLEM

The diagram above was produced towards the start of my research into plastics and all the connections and relationships that plastics involves. I looked into various causes of the plastic pollution problem, the negative effects plastics have, the types of plastics and potential solutions to this problem.

MICROPLASTICS

Microplastics are pieces of plastic that have been broken down by the sun and sea over time and are less that 5mm. These are potentialy the biggest problem with the plastic pollution crisis as fish and small sea creatures eat this plastic, mistaking it for food, and in turn we eat this fish and unknowingly, the plastic too. The image above was self-produced depicting this scenario.

PLASTICS TYPE AND IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

The disposal of plastic can now vary due to the various types of plastics and whether they can be recycled. Although most plastics can be recycled, there are some such as crisps packets that mostly still unable to be.

The diagram to the left shows firstly, the type of plastic and their corresponding number, secondly an example of what products are produce from that plastic, third, a common irresponsible method of disposal that tends to occur, and finally a common outcome and how the plastic can end up in unacceptable locations.

The vast amount of wildlife that has been affected negatively by plastic is evident in vets and along the coastline. One significant issue with plastics is the length of time is take for them to decompose and how they break down into ‘microplastics’. Microplastics are pieces of plastic less than 5mm and scientists have now found that the fish we are eating can often contain these microplastics.

Various Plastics can be recycled but due to irresponsible actions they can end up in the oceans. Plastics that can’t be recycled or that are contaminated go to landfill. (e.g. Crisps packets). The ideal scenario is a ‘closed loop system’ (plastic recycling plant). UK exports some of its plastic waste to other countries and due to China no longer being an option to export to, there is now stockpiles of plastic waste left and growing.

OCEAN CURRENTS

The above drawing shows the ocean currents throughout the world and this gives an indication of how plastic can move so easily from one continent to another.

OCEAN GYRES

There are five ocean gyres in the worlds oceans which are large systems of circulating currents. This is where a lot of plastic on the surface of the oceans ends up by the oceans currents. The North Pacific gyre is particularly polluted by plastic and a small clean up effect is underway to prevent this build up of plastic out at sea.

PRIMER

The primer was an opportunity to showcase my research so far and to discuss the existing assemblages to a large group.

The work I showcased was a map of the UK surrounded by the ocean currents. The diagram to the left of the UK shows plastic types, their uses and how they can potentially have a negative effect on the environment, such as beer rings which hold cans together and how these can end up suffocating a turtle out at sea. There are many ways plastics can enter the oceans however through rivers is the more predominant way.

A close up image on this UK map to the right shows the pins I placed which show my mapping of where certain plastics started life at factories, such as a Coca Cola bottle and then invented a scenario of where these plastics are likely to end up, through research of the most common types of plastics found in rivers, beaches and out at sea. I used blue plastic fishing line to show these routes on this map.

UK PLASTIC TIDE

The map to the right shows an updated version of my Primer map, and shows the UK surrounded by the ocean currents, which carry the plastic around the world and bring it to the UK coastline. The intensity of the blue surrounding the UK coastline shows where the plastic is deposited by the seas surrounded the UK and which areas of the UK coastline are the most affected. Scotland’s coastline is badly affected, in addition to the coast of Cornwall and the Wash on the east coast.

The map also shows the complex system of rivers throughout the UK. Rivers are the main route for plastic to enter the sea. The rivers of the UK have been found to contain more plastic than first thought and have even been found in one canal of Manchester to have one of the highest concentrations of microplastics. Microplastics are getting into the stomachs of wildlife that feed on the ocean as well as the fish and other marine life that live within it. To be able to stop this cycle of plastic accessing the sea and returning either in the stomach of dead sea-life or on the coasts should be a priority.

UK CANAL NETWORK

The UK has a complex system of rivers and canals which almost all pass through habited locations which can cause plastic to enter the river system more easily. Plastic is lightweight and can float downstream and out to the sea. Using mapping as a technique, I am able to see the relationship between the rivers, the ocean currents and where the plastic ends up on the coastline.

The Grand Union Canal is the main canal route through from London to Birmingham. Off this, is the River Nene which flows out to the Wash estuary. As can be seen on the map below, the Wash gathers a large amount of plastic waste due to the ocean current bringing it in, as well as the River Nene and Great Ouse taking it out to sea.

THE WASH

The Wash is an estuary on the east coast of the United Kingdom. There are several rivers that lead out to it however the key rivers are the River Nene and the Great Ouse. The River Nene is the river that links the Wash to the Grand Union Canal. Both the River Nene and the River Great Ouse are popular transport links, and are popular destinations for canal boating trips.

However, in recent months, the residents that live adjacent to the River Nene have noticed a large increase in the amount of plastic that passes through the river. The river has been called a ‘pollution super highway’ (see article below), with 26 bags of rubbish being collected from a 100m stretch of the river in the centre of Peterborough.

RECYCLING AND THE FENS

The map to the left shows the many household recycling centres and their proximity to the rivers. It shows there is a distinct lack of them close to the Wash. The map below shows the area of the Fens. The fens were once a marshland/wetland area, some underwater. This has created optimal peat agricultural land which has now been so heavily farmed, they are reaching the base of the peat in some areas.

RIVER NENE AND THE FENS

The Fens (image below depicts the Fens before rivers were altered) were once drained, and are still being drained to this day by pumping stations and drains that are throughout the whole area. The map to the right shows the location of these pumping stations and also the location of the ports, at both Sutton Bridge and Wisbech, which allow for larger ships to pass through this stretch of the river. After Wisbech, the rest of the River is only suitable for smaller boats.

To the south of Peterborough, there is an existing Fen restoration project called the Great Fen Restoration Project. They aim to reclaim land, used for farmland, and change it back to its natural fen environment. It is the ‘Just Add Water’ effect to help restore the land, allowing for better flood management and also better habitats for the lost wildlife that once visited these parts of the country.

SITE LOCATION FLOODING, TRAVEL & ACCESS ROUTES

The map the left shows the area of Sutton Bridge and the mouth of the River Nene to the north of it. In Sutton Bridge, the port is active and allows for large cargo ships to dock here, usually transporting timber to the local timber yard also located close to the rivers edge.

The right map (to scale at 1:7500) shows a close up of the chosen site area, chosen for its close proximity to both the mouth of the river as well as an access route that would have to be altered to allow for heavier vehicles to pass through.

ROUTE TO THE SITE

From Sutton Bridge, the route to the site passes over the swing bridge that is situated over the River Nene. This is used when large cargo ships are required to pass through on their way to Wisbech.

The top-right image shows a section of the Port Sutton Bridge which is quite active and allows for several cargos ships to dock at once to load and unload their goods. As previously mentioned, the local timber yard uses this port regularly.

There are also several smaller private boats docked along this stretch of the river as it is a popular route for canal journeys with the river joining London and Birmingham amongst many other locations. These boats can also go out to sea and can travel north towards Boston and south towards Norfolk and Kings Lynn.

The middle right image shows a signpost explaining the Peter Scott Walk and the wildlife that is common to find in this area near to the Wash Nature Reserve. Brent Geese, Shelduck and Curlew are popular birds which bird watchers will travel to this location to see. Many of these birds live close to the mouth of the river and on the Outer Trial Bank where seal pups can also be found.

The bottom two image were taken many years earlier in 1997 and show that the site has not changed and was also popular back then as a vibrant shipping route. The bottom-left image shows a large dry cargo ship being towed through the centre of the river where is it deepest.

PRECEDENT STUDIES

RECYCLED ISLAND

The Recycled Island platforms are made from the plastic collected from the litter traps. The platform heights can vary and can be used for peoples enjoyment, wildlife and plantlife. The diagram to the right shows my interpretation of how this could be used along the River Nene.

LITTER TRAP BENEATH RIVERSIDE EXTENSION

AIR BARRIER

SUNSET PARK MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY

SELLDORF ARCHITECTS

Located on an 11 acre waterfront pier in New York, this material recovery facility allows for cargo ships to dock and unload their contents directly into the facility. The design is based around its programmatic use.

MATERIAL STUDIES

Recycling plastic is not straight forward and with very few facilities in the UK that can process ALL types of plastic, part of the programme in this project will allow for all plastics to be recycled together.

The images to the left, from Smile Plastics, show various types of plastics processed into various sheets of recycled plastics, commonly used for elements around the home such as decorative pieces, kitchens and worktops. These are mostly bespoke pieces however they do also produce these in sheets to purchase.

The image to the top-right show plywood alternatives. These are processed by shredding the plastics the sandwiching them in a press, heated to melt the top and bottom and form a lightweight piece of recycled plastic sheeting. This could be used for many more used in the future however these processes are expensive but the benefits of using these instead of plywood could be many.

The image to the bottom-right are pieces of recycled plastic decking which could also be used for cladding with the right fire-proofing chemicals added in the process. From Envirobuild, these are produced through the extrusion process where plastic is melted down and then extruded through specific shapes creating long pieces of timber-like cladding/decking. This material is what this processing facility will produce. As it is producing this on site, the later elements of the building can be added to and developed, as well as any damages to existing cladding or decking be repaired.

HARVESTING THE PLASTIC

RECYCLED RIVERSIDE EXTENSION

TRANSPORTATION ALONG EXISTING CANAL NETWORK

PROCESSING HUB

PROCESSING THE PLASTIC TIDE

The project will aim to aid the process of creating a closed loop system of plastic recycling, which ensures all waste plastics is recycling and reused. The intervention will aid in cleaning the rivers of plastic pollution and prevent plastic entering the sea. It will provide the facilities required for the recycling and reuse process for plastic. The project will provide provision for ‘Harvesting the plastic’, ‘Transportation of plastic waste’ and ‘Processing hub’. Harvesting the plastic from the river will involve new elements such as litter traps and the use of the ‘air barrier’. Plastic is light enough to be moved around in water, even in tidal conditions, and so this plastic in the river can be directed towards these litter traps and is too light to pass beyond the air barriers. The litter traps would be located within the recycled islands, which will create the meandering river necessary to create a positive environment for wildlife. Transportation of the plastic will involve taking advantage of the existing canal network and using this already existing transport system to move the plastic to the processing plant. The use of the canal system around the UK is becoming a more popular H A R V E S T I N pastime, with more new routes being created within the next few years. The River Nene is a popular canal route and is linked to the, very busy, Grand Union Canal which links London to Birmingham. The plastic can be picked up from the litter traps from the canal boats and transported along the route to the processing hub. There are also many dry cargo ships that transport timber and other goods along the river up to Wisbech and so these could be utilised to transport the unwanted plastic bales to this site. The Processing Hub will provide the facilities for the G T H E P L A S T I C R E C Y C L E D R I V E R S I D E E X T plastic waste to be recycled and reused, in addition E N S I O N

H A R V E S T I N

R E C Y G T H

to providing facilities for the visitors to use whilst staying. The Hub can also be used by the regulars of the canal route as a pit stop along their journey. The facility will have a combination of industrial, commercial and social use.

The architectural intervention will involve: • Plastic deposit area where visitors can deposit the plastic, and sorting facility for the plastic waste • Processing plant (plastic recycling plant) • Manufacture of recycled plastic cladding - to produce the material used to clad the facility and pathways • Workshop – to reuse this plastic to fix boats and parts, and additional items • Facilities for visitors who arrive by boat, well as visi-

tors arriving by road (lounge/cafe/laundry) • Shownroom/Shop (Storage and sale) – a place to buy the repurposed plastic to continue the closed loop system within the building • Landscape changes existing farmland site to become fenland area to surround building creating new wildlife habitat in addition to providing flood management.

The diagram below shows the potential spaces which will be required for the architectural intervention. The proposal will be situated adjacent to the River Nene to benefit from the tidal power this stretch of river can provide. The River Nene is tidal from the mouth of the river at the Wash, up to the Dog-in-a-Doublet lock close to the city of Peterborough.

SITE DEVELOPMENT

Using a 1:500 site model and several cubes of card representing the spaces required within this facility, I began arranging these buildings on the site in an order which suited the desired programme. The top images on this page show the intial site layout and the bottom two images show a further proposal with more spaces added as more building material is produced.

The images to the left show the stages in which the buidling could grow as more building material, the recycled plastic cladding, is produced on site.

SELF BUILD STAGE 1

SELF BUILD STAGE 1

SELF BUILD STAGE 2

SELF BUILD STAGE 2

SELF BUILD STAGE 3

SELF BUILD STAGE 3

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

The images on the left hand page show further design development of the site with the diagrams to the right showing firstly, the seperatation between the public (orange) and the private space (blue), and then secondly how the plastic (orange arrows) could move through the facility. The image below shows a further design development of an upper floor plan above the lower floor plan to help me to understand how the spaces at different levels do work. The long promenade joining these spaces would have a channel of water beneath, channeling plastic backwards and forwards.

PUBLIC PRIVATE

PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC VS PRIVATE SPACES

PUBLIC VS PRIVATE SPACES

PLASTIC ROUTE THROUGH BUILDINGS

PLASTIC ROUTE THROUGH BUILDINGS

FINAL MODEL

SCALE 1:500

The images on these pages show the final 1:500 design on the site model. The darker blue in the river depicts the low tide and the lighter blue up to the ground level in white depicts the high tide.

SITE AREA

WITH LAND COVER & TRAVEL & ACCESS ROUTES NTS

The map to the right shows the site analysis I undertook and built up throughout the project. I then layed this information on a site map with the final design.

The map shows key images on route to the site and where they are located. It also shows the land cover types (see key at the bottom of map), as well as the travel routes and the Peter Scott Walk Route passing the site. It also shows the existing shipping route that passes by the site.

SITE PLAN

CLOSE UP SCALE 1:1500

FLOOR PLANS

NTS

1. CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL & DISTRIBUTION 2. PLASTIC BALE STORAGE 3. SORTING OF PLASTIC 4. RIVER PLASTIC COLLECTION 5. LORRY ARRIVAL OF WASTE PLASTIC 6. CLEANING OF WASTE PLASTIC

BUILDING ALGORITHM

The drawing to the left shows the programme of the building and the spaces in which the programme elements are located in order of the process, which is shown in the below diagram.

The sketch to the right shows the two channels of plastic moving to the cleaning process and back towards the main facility to be shredded.

CHANNELING THE PLASTIC

WASTE PLASTIC 6. CLEANING OF WASTE PLASTIC 7. SHREDDING OF WASTE PLASTIC 8. MANUFACTURE OF RECYCLED PLASTIC MATERIAL 9. STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION OF RECYCLED PLASTIC MATERIAL

SECTION A

NTS

SECTION A CLOSE UP

The image taken from the section to the left shows the arrival of the plastic bales by cargo ship and then being taken into the storage space, where they would wait to be processed.

The image taken from the section to the right shows the ‘Air Barrier’ pushing the waste plastic floating in the river towards the collection point in the water of the facility.

SECTION A CLOSE UP

The image taken from the section to the left shows the waste plastic moving through the water channels under the recycled plastic promenade, and also a bird hide for visitors to enjoy the wildlife that surrounds the facility. The image o the right hand page shows the lorry arrival facility where they deposit household waste plastic into the system, and also where it is cleaned before returning back to the main facility.

VISUAL 1

PLASTIC ARRIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION

VISUAL 1 - PLASTIC ARRIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION

VISUAL 2 - SORTING & SHREDDING

VISUAL 2

SORTING AND SHREDDING

VISUAL 3

LORRY PLASTIC DELIVERY AND CLEANING OF WASTE PLASTIC

VISUAL 4

MANUFACTURE OF RECYCLED PLASTIC CLADDING VIEWED FROM SHOWROOM/ SHOP

VISUAL 5

COLLECTION OF RIVER PLASTIC USING AIR BARRIER

VISUAL 6

VIEW DOWN THE RECYCLED PLASTIC PROMENADE

VISUAL - VIEW FROM THE PETER SCOTT WALKING ROUTE

VISUAL 7

VIEW FROM THE PETER SCOTT WALKING ROUTE

FINAL PRESENTATION

1. CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL & DISTRIBUTION 2. PLASTIC BALE STORAGE 3. SORTING OF PLASTIC 4. RIVER PLASTIC COLLECTION 5. LORRY ARRIVAL OF WASTE PLASTIC 6. CLEANING OF WASTE PLASTIC

BUILDING ALGORITHM 7. SHREDDING OF WASTE PLASTIC 8. MANUFACTURE OF RECYCLED PLASTIC MATERIAL 9. STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION OF RECYCLED PLASTIC MATERIAL

SPACES WITHIN THE PLASTIC PROCESSING PLANT

OCEAN CURRENTS & RELATIONSHIP TO UK COASTAL PLASTIC POLLUTION “Let us try to imagine a dweller in the ‘Plastic Age’ that is already upon us. This creature of our imagination, this ‘Plastic Man’ will come into a world of colour and bright shining surfaces... he is surrounded on every side by this tough, safe, clean material which human thought has created. Outside the home, the same universal rule of plastic holds. Even the tennis racquets, golf clubs and fishing tackle which employ the leisure of the ‘Plastic Man’ will be entirely made of plastic, and when he comes to travel he will find it everywhere.”

Plastics by Yarsley & Couzens (1945)

A walk along any part of the UK coastline will show evidence of this growing plastic problem. Plastics are supposed to be a solution but have led to greater problems as they are now having a negative effect on our oceans and rivers, mostly due to mismanagement of plastic waste and irresponsible attitudes towards recycling. This plastic pollution is most visible along the coastlines and riverbanks.

Being so lightweight, plastic travels along the ocean currents and unlike many other materials, can take hundreds of years to decompose. When plastic starts to degrade, it creates microplastics (plastic pieces less than 5mm) which scientists have now found to be located within the fish we are eating. By mapping plastic pollution around UK coastlines, a link can be seen between the ocean currents and where the plastic pollution meets the land. One current major issue is that the UK exports some of its plastic waste to other countries and due to China no longer being an option to export to, there is now ever-growing stockpiles of plastic waste left in the UK.

Quite often, plastics that can’t be recycled or that are contaminated go to landfill (e.g. Crisps packets). The ideal scenario for a solution to plastic pollution is a ‘closed loop system’, where no new plastic is produced and the existing plastic goes through a cycle of recycling and reuse, however this is a policy that would take many years to ever be considered by government. If there were more specialised facilities within in the UK to process more various types of plastics, more plastic could therefore be recycled and reused, preventing plastic from ending up as pollution. Within the assemblages studio I have been looking into a solution to the mismanaging of plastic by creating a closed loop system to prevent plastic entering the sea, and therefore aims to address the ever-increasing plastic problem affecting our marine ecosystems. . The most common way plastic enters the sea is through rivers. Located in The Fens, on the mouth of the River Nene, the facility will act as a plastic barrier between the river and sea by bringing the waste plastic from several sources into the building to be recycled; from the river using an air barrier, plastic bales via cargo ships and household waste plastic brought in by lorries. The intervention will allow for this waste plastic to be re-used, developing further components of the building on site and result in processing the plastic tide.

PROCESSING THE PLASTIC TIDE

Yasmin KellY

AssemblAges - Thesis sTudio

VISUAL 1 - PLASTIC ARRIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION

CHANNELING THE PLASTIC

PAMPHLET

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