Sustainability & Spatial Design

Inspired by the University of Brighton's Waste House, and Michael Wolf's Bastard Chairs, students are invited to join a workshop looking at the possibilities of sustainability in relation to circular spatial design.

Circular design is the principle of using waste materials to make new things, rather than making new things from new materials. By doing this we are recycling the useful materials which might previously have ended up as landfill, and we are also not taking any more ‘new’ materials from the earth. This has a huge positive impact on CO2 emissions and reduces consumption of the earth's resources. Win win!

Waste House, designed by architect Duncan Baker Brown, was conceived as a student research project between 2012 - 2014. The majority of materials used to build the house were reclaimed or waste products and although the building has a timber frame construction and clay tiled roof, many of the…