This collection of student work collected for the Fall ’22 Pratt Earth Action Week is centered around issues of sustainability. Students explored a broad range of design strategies from thoughtful form-making to playful education approaches. Projects focusing on the built environment explored the integration of sustainable materials and the application of circular design strategies. The projects were gathered from across the Institute and were completed within the last year.
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Biobrain, a Sustainable Board Game
School of Design | Graduate Communications/Package DesignStudents: Yongjia Wu, Kang-Jhih LiuFaculty: David Burke The board game Biobrain combines strategy and habitats to challenge and inspire innovation and problem-solving. Players can enjoy the game while taking a deeper dive into biomimicry. The target audience is 12+. The board game Biobrain combines strategy and habitats to challenge…
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Circularity: Fostering Opportunities Through a Circular Economy in a Live-Work Space
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudent: Pravallika Thirumalasetty Collage of the proposed site with the water and water systems depicted to show the circular nature and distribution of systems vertically through the building. Using watercolor paint, the subtlety of the flow of water waste is depicted through the floors which people populate the building…
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During Unique Experiences
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Xinyue, Li, Nuo Li, Hanhui GuanFaculty: Michael Zuckerman The project proposes that to improve the lighting and acoustic conditions can greatly impact students’ human-comfort-related experience in the space. An axonometric diagram can better show the relationship between motion and space under new intervention. This intervention project is held…
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Ebb and Flow – Noguchi Showroom
This interior design project for the new Akari light showroom at the Noguchi museum proposes a sustainable cycle for an environmentally conscious retail future. Through selections of bio-materials, including mycelium panels, and the redesign of the use of space, we not only emphasize sustainable practice in the design process, but extend it to the retail…
