Water Bottles as a Design Tool
The number one concern in the architecture world is sustainability. One way to do this is to use recycled products and objects in creative and innovative ways. I was reading some of the blogs I subscribed too and saw this material called Terratex. It’s made from recycled polyester (largely post-consumer plastic soda pop bottles) or renewable materials (such as PLA which is derived from corn). Terratex works to conserve petroleum resources. It reminded me of this restaurant in New York by Tadao Ando, the Morimoto Restaurant. He made a wall of waterbottles! I’m not sure if they were recycled, but even if they weren’t it reminds us to try to re-use things and that even something as simple as a water bottle can be a creative design tool.
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- Terratex
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- Detail of Water Bottle Wall
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- Morimoto Restaurant New York
that’s awesome that he was not only able to recycle like that but make it into something that the mass public will appreciate. I don’t think that recycling is ‘in’ yet so to speak but I really hope that it’s getting there!
| Posted 3 years ago