Recycling Center
Built from household waste
Denmark has an efficient recycling system, which saves the environment from being polluted from things that are not needed any longer. But for the system to work optimally, it is important that materials are sorted correctly to ensure a consistent quality of recycled materials.
Therefore, it is relevant to make waste sorting more user friendly and instructive. At Local Recycling Centre Nordhavn, the waste handling is intuitive and at the same time an exhibition of the possibilities that recycling and reuse offer.
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Area
400 m2
Typology
Recycling center
Collaborators
Per Hagemann Rådgivende Ingeniører ApS
Year
2016 – 2017
Status
Completed
Client
Copenhagen Municipality
Services
Architectural consulting
Photos by
Rasmus Hjortshøj
The material wall is the curved wall that welcomes visitors to the recycling centre. Though it looks like an artwork built of waste, it also has a practical function showing visitors how to dispose of their waste correctly.
The material wall is divided into the different fractions of materials that are recycled behind it, so if you have plastic to recycle, you just need to find the wall made of plastic and go through the opening. Got some old pains of worn jeans, just go to the wall made of textile, it is as easy as that.
