DESCRIPTION:
Scripting techniques and physical prototyping were employed to create pressed paper panels for architectural application
2 Week Joint Studio between RPI and the National University of Cordoba
OBJECTIVE:
Necessity is the mother of invention, such is that case for the Cartoneros in Argentina. The economic collapse between 1999 and 2003 left many low-wage laborers and farmers out of work. In desperate need of income, they invented what is now a well known economy, that of the paper scavengers. Disposed soda bottles, cardboard boxes, and paper products are collected and sold to recycling plants affording a very sparse income. In an attempt to help them transform the recyclables they collect into high value products, the studio sought to find architectural applications for the tons of paper collected. A method of pressing a paper-mash into dense, hard tiles was used. The solution I proposed utilized a series of interchangeable dies that generated multiple iterations of four-sided tiles. The tiles had different, angled corner-flaps to allow for vertical and horizontal movement once connected, generating a variable acoustic deadening surfaces. The studio concluded with myself and 3 other students travelling to Argentina to meet with the Cartoneros to discuss the feasibility of our proposal, and other options of how to help.
Scripting techniques and physical prototyping were employed to create pressed paper panels for architectural application
2 Week Joint Studio between RPI and the National University of Cordoba
OBJECTIVE:
Necessity is the mother of invention, such is that case for the Cartoneros in Argentina. The economic collapse between 1999 and 2003 left many low-wage laborers and farmers out of work. In desperate need of income, they invented what is now a well known economy, that of the paper scavengers. Disposed soda bottles, cardboard boxes, and paper products are collected and sold to recycling plants affording a very sparse income. In an attempt to help them transform the recyclables they collect into high value products, the studio sought to find architectural applications for the tons of paper collected. A method of pressing a paper-mash into dense, hard tiles was used. The solution I proposed utilized a series of interchangeable dies that generated multiple iterations of four-sided tiles. The tiles had different, angled corner-flaps to allow for vertical and horizontal movement once connected, generating a variable acoustic deadening surfaces. The studio concluded with myself and 3 other students travelling to Argentina to meet with the Cartoneros to discuss the feasibility of our proposal, and other options of how to help.
CARTONERO COLLECTION FACILITY
INSIDE COLLECTION FACILITY
DISCUSSING POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS
