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.
Location
Paris, Milan, Denmark
Area
–
Typology
Exhibition
Collaborators
Realdania
Visit Denmark
BRIQ
Structured Environment
Artelia
Dansk Arkitektur Center
Year
2021-
Status
Completed
Client
Visit Denmark
Services
Architectural consulting
‘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
