Building Materials Recycling (2)

Last week, I have showed traditional building materials recycling, such as elemental recycling technology. This week I would show the general waste recycling and new type of recycled materials. There are several general waste could be rebuilt new buildings, such as container and tire. The structure of Nomadic Museum is composed by 152 containers. This building have four level and could be teardown. The inside of building is composed by wood and paper. The picture shows the surface of the buildings. In addition, some architect would use tire to decorate outside of buildings. The benefits of this general waste recycling include durable, waterproof and environmental protection.

Moreover, new type of recycled materials includes aluminum material, paper material and so on. The paper is a wooden product which could be built temporary buildings. The Paper Houses is a project for victims of the earthquake. The main wall of museum has built by paper. The benefits of Paper Houses cover speediness, recycling and low price. The picture shows the appearance and structure of Paper Houses.

The Loblolly House project is a prefabricated house experiment which is designed by KTA in US. This building is comprised by dismountable aluminum structure, material of wall and prefab module. The picture shows the building process of Loblolly House.

Reference：He, CJ & Wu, FL 2005, ‘ Building Material Recycling’, Journal of Urban Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1, pp.1-23.