Design Articles

Grotto

A bright grotto–a contemporary abstraction of nature–is the design concept for this underground washroom. Sustainability, spatial sculpting, human comfort drive the design. The grotto retains the original layout, uncovers two round, tilted square columns to form a unique white mass; seamless curve surfaces diffuse light and omit dirty edges. Plants, irrigated by filtered greywater, purify the air, add life and colors. The original sandstones are crushed as gold aggregates of the new terrazzo floor. Integrated tap-hand dryer, waterless urinal and toilet largely reduce water-use and waste.

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TetraPOT

TetraPOT is a sea defence system made of concrete. It comes with plant seeds in a decomposable pot. Randomly distributed TetraPOTs along coastlines will eventually interlock to create a long-lasting sea defence of growing trees and roots that help keep the blocks in place. As plants keep growing inside out from TetraPOT, the roots intertwine and gradually form a natural sea defence. The design not only prevents soil erosion, but also helps to protect and create a natural habitat.

Spider Bin

Spider bin is a universal and economical solution for sorting recyclable materials. A group of pop-up bins are created for home, office or outdoors. One item has two basic parts: a frame and a bag. It is easily moved from one place to another, convenient to transport and store, because it can be flat when not in use. Buyers order spider bin online where they can choose size, number of Spider Bins and the bag type according to their needs.

B-Shape Concrete

recovery of architectural waste is the big problem of environment protection.Waste architectural waste generally adopts the handling method of burying and piling, which leads to great burden of the environment. This works takes the concrete waste as the aggregate of precast concrete to make concrete outdoor facilities.Public furniture of regenerative concrete expands the application scope of regenerative concrete.It adopts modular elements in model to provide the possibility of multiple display.

fold to hold

In china, it is common for waiter to take away the finished food in fast food restaurant. However, diner sometimes leave the table temporarily such as going to restroom, and his food make be taken away by waiter. FOLD TO HOLD is a paper tray designed for someone who is having fast food alone. If he wants to leave his seat temporarily, he only needs to rive the paper along the dotted line and fold it up, which can convey the message of “haven’t finished” to hold his food.