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Kaitlyn Badlato

The plastic bag

the plastic grocery bag is used in excess in the united states, but it is rarely reused or recycled. the first free build task was to create a container made from upcycled materials. I chose the plastic bag, because like many college students, I had a plethora underneath my kitchen sink. I set out to create a stronger plastic bag, made with over 100 grocery bags through weaving techniques and the use of heat to join the materials. the end result was a strong and flexible outer net structure with a sealed, thin inner lining.

124 Plastic Bags

This is a plastic bag

cut into 4 strips 9,920 Chain stitches

Ironed to create Lining joints soldered for strength

60 bottles 40 ft of wood 132 holes 20 nails LIFE OF TheA GLASS Glass BOTTLE

Bottle Bottle desk

X5 X5 X5

60 bottles 10 six-packs 15 VARIETIES

Glass can be recycled and renewed an infinite number of times; however, it isn’t used as frequently as paper or plastic because of it fragile nature. For the second Free Build, I set out to create a work station which utilized the glass beer bottle as a structural element. I incorporated the use of upcycled wood and the development of a simple repetitive process to create an easily replicable product.

Production

Coloring agents - 2% Sodium Carbonate - 12% Calcium Carbonate - 12%

Silica Sand - 74%

RaW materials

LIFE life OF of aA GLASS glass BOTTLE bottle

1. Mixed together in a rotary tumbler with water 2. Poured into furnace & heated to 1400*C & rises to 1540*C 3. hot & cold air is blown to reuce temperature.

4. Glass enters a forming machine to mold it.

5. glass cools & is sent through a Kiln to reheat & cool the Glass Again

Brown: nickle, sulfur, and carbon are added + the amber tint reflects uv light & protects against spoilage Green: metals: iron, copper & chromium are added Clear : ion-oxide is separated from the mixture so that no color appears + often used for household food products & liquors Blue: forms naturally as a result of ion impurities in sand; cobalt oxide makes it a deeper blue color + often used for cosmetics, wines & elite drinking waters how does glass

get it’s color? used in restaurants, bars, sporting events and sold in supermarkets. usually used only once before thrown out or recycled.

Reaches USES Consumer & is By the end of this year, glass manufacturers plan to discarded Process use 50% recycled materials sent to facility in the production of new to be bottled glass bottles.

+ 10 states have bottle bills + a 5-10 cent refund provides a monetary that incentive to return the container for recycling + gives access to recycling for those who Were don’t have curbside access recovered for + In NY, Container litter was reduced by recycling in 2009, 70-80% after implementation epa estimates

recycled

three million tons

sold to container manufacturers as cullet to becom new

glass that does not meet specifications may be used for a secondary application.

21% 19% 60% recycled to glass

Secondary use landfill

if glass ends up in a landfill, recycling just one its lifespan is infinite and will glass bottle saves enough energy to not degrade. power a tv for 30 minutes

90% recycled to glass

landfill

100%

recycling process

50% Bottle bills glass Secondary time from recycling bin bottles or fiberglass. use to store shelf can be as little as 30 days dual stream vs. Single Stream

+ Total litter reduction across US:

Glass bottles are easier to recycle because unlike plastic or glass, it is 100% recyclable!

1. Collection: brought to a materials recovery facility, sent to a cullet processor for further sorting & cleaning, separated by color.

2. Processing: the cullet processor removes contaminants (ceramics, non-container glass, metals, gravel, and dirt) then sorted by color & is sized to meet “furnace ready� specification.

+ aggregate + filtration + Brick Manufacture +Parking LOTS

Secondary uses

innovative Upcycling

+ fiberglass + Glass Mulch + Countertops + TIle

x10 The Glass Manufacturing industry is worth

50

$5.5 Billion 65

glass manufacturing plants in 23 states.

cullet processors in 25 states

Bottle Manufacturers & Distributors

sources of bottles in charlottesville

189

restaurants & bars in charlottesville

60 bottles 40 ft of wood 132 holes 20 nails LIFE OF A bottle GLASS BOTTLE desk

Bottle desk

X5 X5 X5

60 bottles six-packs 510six-packs 1315 VARIETIES

40 ft of wood 60 Cuts

survey of materials

woodchuck: 7.69” newton’s folly: 7.69” mike’s hard lemonade: 8.00” blue moon: 8.50” redd’s apple ale: 9.06” yuengling: 9.06” sam adams: 9.06” budweiser: 9.06” angry orchard: 9.13” corona: 9.50” starr hill: 9.68”

0.75” diameter

assembly construction

0.75” depth

2.50” diameter

132 holes 66 2.5” diameter 66 0.75” Diameter

THE PLASTIC bOTTLE

Water bottles and Pepsi bottles fill the recycling bins at UVA. For our Final Free Build, our team set out to create a pavilion structure from 20 oz. pepsi bottles that we collected from the UVA recycling center. With only the addition of rubberbands as structural connections, we were able to investigate, implement and adapt a building unit and typology to create a structure with capabilities of exponential growth.

LIFE OF A pLASTIC BOTTLE dELIVERY

SALES

dISPOSAL

rECYCLING

upCYCLING

Outside of center stairwell

Recycling Bin (12)

Main resource for drink consumers at Campbell Hall Resource for bottle collectors Available for purchase: Pure Leaf, Naked, Gatorade, Pepsi

Fine Arts Cafe (71)

Nearest to Fine Arts Cafe Tucked away near vending machines; maybe forgotten

Recycling Bin (5)

Large and salient

Recycling Bin (29)

Outside of lecture hall (153), near exit Bottles disposed of before lecture or exit

Recycling Bin (32)

Outside of center stairwell

Recycling Bin (28)

RECYCLING @ CAMPBELL

East graduate studios balcony

Recycling Bin (32)

Across from tech bridge

Recycling Bin (1)

West graduate studios balcony

Recycling Bin (32)

Middle/West graduate studios,

Recycling Bin (3)

Outside of East Addition

Recycling Bin (47)

Outside of center stairwell, adjacent to my desk

Recycling Bin (83)

My studio desk

Donation Station (102)

In West studios

Recycling Bin (24)

20 fl. oz pepsi bottles no16

bottle HUT bottle caps

& No33 RubberBands

diameters

dimensions

a = 2.86” b = 2.67” c = 2.86” d = 1.05” e = 0.42” f = 0.94”

a = 1.75” b = 0.19” c = 3.19” d = 0.13” e = 2.19” f = 0.25” g = 0.63”

a

b

c d e

a

b

c

d

e

f

f

g

3,052 bottles 61,040 fl.oz.

11 bathtubs of pepsi

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: Serving Per Container: 3, 052 Amount Per Container % Daily Value* Calories: 763,000 42380%

THE NUMBERS

192,276 mg of caffeine 1,933 cups of coffee

x10

Total Fat 0g Saturated Fat 0g Sodium 167,860 mg Total Carb 21,058 g Sugar 21,058 g Protein 0g 0% Juice

0% 0% 61040% 70196%

other nutrients. *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

0% 0% 0% 0%

bottles: 3,052 bottle: 7 oz. total weight: 1335.25 lbs.

total weight: 1350 lbs.

8.4 Kegs

rubber bands: 18,312 package of rubber bands: 1 lb. total weight: 15 lbs.

Block

bend

Brick

X7 X2

X2 X2

bottles & Bands

X2

X6 X6

Blocks

Bends

snub square

cIRCLE pACKING tHEORY

compact binary

triangular

The triangular method

counter Clockwise

7

6

4

3

1

0

fRACTAL THEORY

n 0= b

0

N 1 = 7(n 0) + (24 x 3 )r = 7B + 24R

1

N 2 = 7(n 1) + (24 x 3 )r = 49B + 240R `

Mathematical rule for exponential fractal growthof Mathematical rule for exponential bottlesof and rubberand bands fractal growth bottles rubber bands B = Bottles r = rubber bands

n = b0 N = 7(n ) +x-1(24 x 3 )r x

X-1

2

N 3 = 7(n 2) + (24 x 3 )r = 343B + 1896R `

initial dESIGNs

exterior elevation

The dESIGN

Exterior Elevation exterior elevation

3/4” 1’0” 1’ 0” 3/4”= =

plan plan 3/4” = 1’=0” 1’0” 3/4”

section sect 3/4” = 1’0” 3/4”

interior

interior Elevation interior elevation + pixel diagram

3/4” = 1’0=” 1’ 0” 3/4”

21 hours

36 hours

Time line

10 hours 10 hours

washing 20 minutes/block

brick making 35 minutes/block

block making 10 minutes/block wall assembly 10 minutes/block

week 1 : 592 bottles week 2 : 780 bottles week 3 : 586 bottles week 4 : 1094 bottles

2.0 hours

2.0 hours

5.3 hours

3.7 hours

3.7 hours

4.0 hours

2.7 hours

2.7 hours

2.0 hours

2.0 hours

4.0 hours

7.4 hours

7.0 hours

7.0 hours

9.3 hours

13.0 hours

washing & water 20 seconds/bottle 2 fl.oz of water/second 779.6 gallons of water used x10 4983 bottles of water

IMPACT x100 20 showers x2

bottle future

Degradation

bioDegradation

Reclamation

Breakdown of plastic

Breakdown of molecules

back to nature

total time lapse: 450 - 1000 years

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Kaitlyn Badlato