Plastic Overshoot Only we humans make waste that nature cannot digest by Charles Moore. Humans make things to benefit themselves, either at the cost of humans or the planet Earth.…
Plastics are artificial organic materials manufactured from the raw resources of oil and natural gas. Plastic is lightweight, water-resistant, extensible, robust, and inexpensive to create. A wide variety of products…
The European Commission’s EU Science Hub states that 80 per cent of the ecological impact a product creates can be locked up right at the design phase. This highlights the…
In architecture, a broader sense of sustainability is often overlooked. However, designers must pay attention and consider how they can contribute through alternative building materials. Plastics, for example, are fairly…
This article focuses on waste management and food scarcity as global challenges, and how architects can contribute to eradicating them. ‘Climate change’ is a term that is constantly summoned upon…