2024-05-01T18:22:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150296853/finding-value-in-waste-japan-s-kamikatsu-zero-waste-center-is-a-temple-to-material-reuse Niall Patrick Walsh 2022-02-03T15:37:00-05:00 >2022-02-03T15:38:05-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bf/bf1f99d5df8b707e97499a37aa2b6dfe.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Today, building materials account for half of all solid waste generated worldwide every year. In response to mounting concerns over the impact of construction on the built environment, a growing number of architects and material scientists are investigating the potential for recycled materials to form an integral part of future construction. In this article, we reflect on a recently completed building in rural Japan that embodies an alternative approach to the norm; with the added accolade of being perhaps the world's first waste recycling center constructed almost entirely from recycled waste.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/149935294/geotectura-s-zerohome-turns-waste-into-shelter Nicholas Korody 2016-03-22T09:09:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q7/q7ss4w3ungligs32.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>ZeroHome, a project by the Tel Aviv-based studio Geotectura, is a house built entirely from waste &ndash; but you wouldn&rsquo;t necessarily suspect it from looking at its sharp, angular form.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/106114990/shitting-architecture-the-dirty-practice-of-waste-removal Nicholas Korody 2014-08-13T11:13:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gn/gnaai243sa2ps5d5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In a recent episode of the Comedy Central show <em>Broad City, </em>protagonists Ilana and Abbi find themselves the inadvertent hosts of a hurricane party. Since the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, such impromptu events &ndash; a tradition in the American South in which people who cannot (or will not) evacuate gather together to drink and weather the storm &ndash; are increasingly appearing in television shows, revealing the degree to which global warming has infiltrated popular media. In this particular instance, Abbi finds out that the storm has shut off the plumbing at the exact moment that her neighbor-slash-crush arrives, and right after she&rsquo;s defecated.</p>