Deconstruction

Deconstruction is construction in reverse:

Carefully dismantling buildings and saving the materials to be reused instead of sending them to a landfill. Demolition creates waste, but deconstruction creates jobs, reusable materials - and tax deductions.

Deconstruction is a cost-effective way to remove residential and commercial structures while maximizing material recovery. Performed mostly by hand, this method can result in the salvage of up to 85% of a building’s material for reuse.

Deconstruction is a greener alternative and it:

Reduces the environmental impact of construction practices
Conserves landfill space by reusing quality-building material
Creates new job opportunities in a developing field

Useless Object

"A hand without a mind is useless"

Waste Hierarchy

Waste Facts

U.S. residents, businesses, and institutions produced more than 236 million tons of waste in 2005.


That's approximately 4.5 pounds of waste per person per day.


Approximately 136 million tons of construction and demolition waste is generated every year


About 4 billion pounds of carpet is land-filled every year.

Design should be...

Friendly, human, characterful, humorous, playful, surprising, new, leading-edge,
thought provoking, questioning, open and receptive, optimistic, positive, inspirational,
provocative, challenging, multi-sensory, inclusive, accessible

Plotting a New Course

Today’s society moves at a remarkable rate and we consume without even realizing the impact we create. Technology & communication have advanced at a remarkable rate during recent years making us forget about the effort of producing things. New products are made everyday and tons of others are discarded and replaced with “newer”, “better” alternatives.

Such short cycle of consumption affects the environment and society. We are conditioned to consume and trends seem to replace themselves sooner and sooner everyday. The media feeds our brain with thousands of possibilities: What to eat, what to wear, what to drive, where to go, etc.

I’m interested in exploring the emotional relationship between design and people. Through design we can raise awareness and show people how an object can be born from something that has been discarded. Reusing saves time, money, energy and resources. It is a sustainable alternative and my intent is to rethink and challenge the idea of garbage as waste. The idea is to develop products based on the concept of "reusing" and to explore the wide range of possibilites the subject might offer.

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