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The document describes a project in Savannah, GA that aims to reclaim materials from demolished public housing through community collaboration, turning waste into wealth. The project works with the local population to deconstruct buildings, reclaim valuable materials, and reintroduce them into the community in various ways in order to change perceptions of waste and generate local, equitable wealth.
Scad desis project-p_resentationsm
- 1. more on: www.emergentstructures.org Innovative Reclaimation through community-based collaboration Savannah College of Art and Design Emergent Structures: Waste to Wealth Key words: cities, production activities Savannah, GA USA
- 2. CONTEXT: Public housing tracts are being demolished, yet the standard demolition practice demoralizes the local population and generates massive amounts of landfill. A new way of looking at these materials allows for community involvement and local, equitable wealth creation.
- 3. PROJECT: a city-wide, multi- pronged initiative to deconstruct buildings, reclaim valuable materials, and re-introduce them into the local context in manifold ways in order to change the public’s perception of ‘waste.’
- 4. DESIGN ROLE: to transform the public perception of ‘waste,’ and facilitate collaborative engagement between common and uncommon partners.