

Plastic Waste
Design and architectural responses to plastic waste through reuse, reduction, and material innovation.
Plastic waste presents designers and architects with both a material challenge and an opportunity for systemic intervention. This topic explores how built environment professionals address plastic consumption and disposal through creative reuse, structural innovation, and community-centered solutions.
The community examines upcycled structures and pavilions, mechanical properties of recycled materials, urban waste reduction strategies, and public installations that highlight plastic consumption. Projects range from low-cost 3D printing with recycled filaments to large-scale interventions that engage communities in rethinking synthetic materials.
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View all 2 journalsThe Sub-MarinaTube: A Plastic-Recycling City Beneath the Pacific Garbage Patch
Vertical towers and horizontal tubes organize an underwater settlement that combines habitation, marine research, and ocean waste recovery.
Luzinterruptus Illuminates Our Plastic Predicament: Shedding Light on Our Synthetic Existence
Can We Escape the Grip of Plastic? Luzinterruptus Shines a Light on Our Struggle