Even Trash Disposal can be Designed
Using discarded waste materials to create public space installation, an innovative approach to design and construction, ASSOCHAM GEM Karnataka Chapter recently concluded design festival, Designuru 3.0, hosted by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Bengaluru.
Challenging the very notion that the construction waste cannot be reused or repurposed in architecture at any site and only to be cast off in dump yards, Architects responded through adaptive re-use and caretaker structures wherever the need arose.
In the line with this emerging approach to design and construction, Assocham GEM Karnataka Chapter came up with an installation made from waste at Designuru 3.0 festival hosted by the Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Bengaluru Regional Chapter.
The temporary enclosed structure, aptly called as ‘Pause’, was erected using waste plywood picked from the carpenters’ yard as an interactive spaces and display areas which again hosted creativity, celebrating design.
Having specific spaces earmarked for architect students to unleash their brush and paints to come up with their own arty creations, spaces were created to weave lines of creativity using discarded plastic threads while another section came with a area to stack discarded plastic water bottles filled with coloured liquids and plants.
According to Architect Leena Kumar, Chairperson, Assocham GEM Karnataka Chapter, “The responses received aided us to understand how the public react to such temporary installations, how waste can be effectively used in a public space to create places of interaction.”
All these innovative architectural ideas were stroked by the pandemic with ceasing of all activities, lending time to pause, think, and reassess situations. The idea behind the installation was to bring the element of sustainability in design as well as examine the temporary nature of the structure. So it came up that waste can play a significant in erecting a public place if used wisely.
