Tag: Reduce Reuse Recycle
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Stability in Time
School of Design | Interior DesignStudent: Makenna LuceyFaculty: Ji Young Kim The entrance of the Bonsai Store shows views of the repurposed copper-toned steel supporting the structure of deteriorating bio-plastic. Natural materials, sand, rocks, repurposed stone seating, and bonsai are placed strategically to create a zen-like layout directed by plastic dividers. An interior that allows…
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In Between the Mist
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Chan ChenFaculty: Brita Everett The design allows for more diverse use of space at different times of the day. Balancing the functions of retail/storage/exhibition at different time periods and rethinking the responsibility and cohesiveness of the community. The project aims to explore the possible future of retail space…
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Around the Clock
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudent: Zhen Li The project converts idle parking garages into affordable housing, thereby solving the housing crisis in big cities. Redefining the temporal boundaries and contingencies of interior space can transform machine-centric civil infrastructure from an instrument of class stratification to a humane environment of socioeconomic inclusion. The project…
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Fresh Fuel
School of Design | Undergraduate Interior DesignStudent: Liuyi DingFaculty: Alexander Schweder This product uses less than 10 percent of available fresh water resources compared to the 70 percent freshwater typically used for global agriculture. Working with this program and the site we reduce fish waste released as pollution into waterways and divert it to be…