Denmark Pavilion
Design for Disassembly
What if a chair was made from waste plastic (both industrial and ocean waste), and the chair could be both a dinning and lounge chair, and stacked becomes a shelve and a facade system.
Imagine 2.500 chairs ironically put together creating a pavilion for 9 weeks at the Olympics and then become disassembled and reused as chairs before again becoming an exhibition pavilion at the world’s largest design fair in Milan.
‘It is more than a building, it is an ecosystem and a very powerful showcase of Danish design today. It shows that this iconic piece of Danish design – a chair – can be so much more. It addresses a fundamental problem with major events – waste – and rethinks how a pavilion is used and financed while still maintaining a high aesthetic quality. It is almost Olympic in its iconic and monumental design.’
The jury
Danish Design Award 2021
‘83% CO2 saving on the first-time use of the chairs. Second-time use and onwards gives a 100% CO2 saving compared to using virgin resources. The materials include sustainable recycled sourced wood and upcycled plastic rooftiles.’
Sustainable Impact
Resource
‘Creating a circular plastic recycling company in a Ugandan refugee camp together with Care DK and Danida.’
Sustainable Impact
Social
Clients
Year
2021
