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Jan 23, 2021wood from the original construction has been reused when possible, while a delicate bamboo lattice wraps the inn's atrium.
Jan 23, 2021the dwelling exists without an exterior form, but as a series of occupiable volumes subtracted from the earth.
Jan 22, 2021the collection was presented in a space inspired by the barcelona pavilion, a building designed in 1929 by mies van der rohe + lily reich.
Jan 22, 2021an external grid of concrete beams and columns forms the home's outdoor spaces, which include patios, terraces, and a pond.
one factor that complicates plastic recycling is that many different
types of plastic are used in consumer packaging.
plastics must be sorted by type before manufacturers can
reuse it to make a new product. in order to facilitate sorting,
the plastics industry uses a numbering system to group
plastic packaging into seven general categories.
polyvinyl chloride (pvc) belongs to group #3,
which is rarely collected and recycled / it is mostly discarded.
(usually of the seven groups, only #1 PET and #2 HDPE bottles are
commonly collected and recycled into new material).
it is known that polyvinyl chloride has many harmful environmental effects
and recycling groups are concerned about pvc, because a small
amount can severely contaminate large loads of PET (#1) plastic
(pvc strongly resembles PET). if pvc is accidentally incorporated in a load
of material being processed for recycling, a release of potentially toxic
compounds can occur.
the efforts to experiment with pvc recycling that the ECVM is making,
are very interesting and a good early step. but for now..
please keep any pvc bottles you might end up with,
out of the recycling box!