 Photo courtesy Al Atarra |
MEx: A Design Cooperative Grows in Brooklyn
Terreform1, Rapid Re(f)use
New York City, unbuilt
New York City is disposing of 38,000 tons of waste per day. Most of this discarded material ended up in Fresh Kills landfill before it closed. The Rapid Re(f)use project supposes an extended New York reconstituted from its own landfill material. The concept remakes the city by using the trash at Fresh Kills to remake seven entirely new Manhattan islands at full scale. Automated robot 3d printers are modified to process trash and complete this task within decades. These robots are based on existing techniques commonly found in industrial waste compaction devices. Eventually, the future city makes no distinction between waste and supply.
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