«Los Colados» is a series of furniture design pieces by the Mexico City-based LOCUS office in collaboration with Muebles de Concreto. The material exploration inherent in this design aims to foster environmental consciousness about the pressing scarcity of raw materials, compelling a reassessment of production methods in design and architecture.
Project Name: Los Colados
Design: LOCUS (Sana Frini, Jachen Duri Schleich)
Materials: Concrete, recycled plastic and metal.
Measures: 25 cm in diameter x 95 cm in height (with the tap 135 cm total height)
Collaborators: Muebles de Concreto
Year: 2023
Photography: Armando Juárez
In an era where raw materials are increasingly rare, irrespective of their origin or nature, the act of crafting new objects becomes an especially compelling endeavor. Fast climatic, economic, and social changes are compelling us to reconsider how we utilize raw materials.
Concrete, deemed one of the most utilized materials globally, stands as a significant environmental challenge in terms of climate change. The extensive sand extraction (6 billion tons annually) and greenhouse gas emissions during its production (constituting 7% of global CO2 emissions) position it as a major source of pollution. This underscores the need to reimagine its applications, especially considering plastic waste as both a future source of refuse and a potential reservoir of materials worthy of valorization.
