The marble is an expensive building material which accept and
welcomed by people. In fact, the marble be widely used in interior decoration
of building. However, this material easily produces scrap material and
difficult to reuse. Moreno Ratti is
a creative designer of marble. He is good at utilizing marble to create new
production. His production be full of fun and imagination. The first picture
shows his newest production – A series of vases be composed by marble (scrap
material) and resin. This production has several benefits, such as waste
utilization and cost saving. The production shows character of marble and use
resin to highlight the beauty of marble. The following picture present the
process and using status of these productions.
He also has other productions which have designs
inspired (40x40x3 without producing waste material). Vases very lightweight as
if they were made of porcelain, whose surface is characterized by the natural
texture left by the cutting of the waterjet. The picture shows the design procedures and cutting
technology. In addition, the following picture also show the appearance of this
productions.
Reference:He, CJ & Wu, FL 2005, ‘ Building Material Recycling’, Journal of Urban Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1, pp.1-23.