Recycled Material
MATDesign and architecture projects that repurpose waste and discarded materials into functional buildings and spaces.
Offhand Practice Converts a Beijing Factory Compound into a Recycled Book and Clothing Store
Deja Vu Recycled Store occupies 700 square meters of a former electromechanical institute, trading industrial decay for curated secondhand retail.
Rebirth Materials House by Housescape Design Lab
A compact guest house in Thailand transforms recycled glass and plastic into climate-responsive architecture that seamlessly blends with nature.
Responsive Shell: Turning Tokyo's Discarded Crab Shells into Adaptive Architecture
A chitosan-based modular panel system that transforms crustacean waste into humidity-regulating, light-transmitting architectural skins.
House Rehabilitation with Brick Shards – A Sustainable Transformation by Atelier Delalande Tabourin
Sustainable house rehabilitation using recycled brick shards, enhancing natural light, spatial flow, and material reuse while preserving architectural heritage.
Redefining Resources: A Circular Design School on the Danube
Sited beside a hydroelectric dam, this Bauhaus-inspired school transforms waste into raw material for architecture, fashion, and industrial design.
Jan Tyrpekl Builds a Firewood-Clad Atelier That Disappears into a Czech Meadow
A pair of timber cabins in Stříbrná Skalice treats stacked logs as both cladding and ritual, grounding architecture in its landscape.
The Re-Urbanization of Waste
Transforming waste into opportunity with sustainable architecture, shaping eco-friendly cities for future generations.
RE-NKRA
This project is aimed at educasing and socially oriented e-waste collectors in Ghana, both to raise public awareness and to obtain a material interest and to ensure the recycling of garbage in the factory part.