@@nevertoosmall Next series come to Belgium and the Netherlands. There's a whole new economy emerging that makes your first series nice and inspiring, but small. I'm an architect at DENC-STUDIO. Our own office has several circular solutions and we're working on more circular projects (eg a living lab about circular concrete). But that's not all. Here's more inspiration, starting with overall concepts: Circubuild is an overview website of several circular solutions in architecture in Belgium. Madaster is the (Dutch) system that sees buildings as a library of materials. Every building gets a pasport with all its materials labeled for later reuse or repair. But also: Rotor DC and Opalis are depots of buildingmaterials with online info for designers. BC Materials and BC architects use earth from their buildingsites or local 'waste' to form new buidingmaterials The Exploded View is an expo and website about new circular materials Design studios and projects: Gare Martime in Brussels, Superuse Studios, Zin offices in Brussels, The Impact Factory, ... Smaller, but also inspiring: Timelab in Ghent, Labland in Ghent, Onbetaalbaar Makerscollectief, JUUNOO circular drywall, ... Circular concepts about food: Kopjezwam in Bruges
How wonderful! What a very needed model that should be taught in design schools, architectural schools and trade schools worldwide! Kudos to Five Mile Radius👏👏👏👏
Wow! Watching this made my heart go faster! As a layperson, I was thinking how I want to do this for my place and for others but I live in a small apartment. Hopefully these ideas will become an addition to the 'community shed' places we have here in Australia . We need some sustainable practice hubs to teach to one another. Exciting times :)
This is just wonderful. This is my absolute favourite so far. Turning problems (waste) into solutions (beautiful useful products and architecture, and providing re use ethos to users). I really love the collective…..different skill sets…….different details…..same broad collective vision…friendships too. So great. Screen Australia wow incredible film making vision and skilful team. Well done!
Echoing others how much I enjoy this series. Finding new purpose to job site’s waste must be a challenge, but the reward is jaw-dropping. Best of luck to this studio in expanding their workforce, and also inspiring some of us watching to do something within our own five mile radius.
A fun house to repurpose materials is brilliant. Final product still takes a lot of time and effort and price reflects this, but is completely out of reach for so many. A workshop series would be fantastic to teach new ways of using salvaged materials, or even better, introduced as a subject in schools, working within their own five mile radius. This would combine art, woodwork, metalwork, science, maths, collaboration and a lot of problem solving.
Truly inspiring ! Such a creative community of people with a clear but very powerful vision ! Using local resources is a simple and genius idea that helps in so many levels! Well done keep up the good work !
I always loved terrazzo. Beautiful, durable, recycling bits that were discarded. How brilliant that you can recuperate the concrete still wet for this purpose. Very efficient. 🙌
I'm a big fan of your design collab process with recovered materials repurposed into beautiful furniture. The architectural work shown from your time in India is visually stunning, especially with the freshly made bricks from the local surroundings. More please!
My favorite in the series so far! (We see extra concrete and decommissioned utility poles reused all the time, and it's definitely worth the time and trouble!) 😎✌️
One log, two stools . Simple. Brilliant . Great series that forces us to rethink our approach on construction and design. Thanks NTS .. as always you nailed it! 😍👏👏🎊👏👏
Very intriguing. The telegraph poles were a favorite cheap structural resource of fellow mudbrick ownerbuilders in the later half of 20th century. Interesting to them being used in contemporary sustainable furniture design.
I love these videos where they transform materials that are already considered trash into decorative elements for interiors and building materials. Taking into account the environmental conditions of the planet, it is always good to do our part to help reduce the carbon footprint.
...so it is true that the sorroundungs are abundant if you look to see it... great idea you guys had and produce from local sourced material...you should expand this as being educational material in architectural and interior design schools!
designers absolutely(!) have a responsibility to design sustainably. and this should be required already in schools and put in place by gov't but we all know how they are in bed with big companies. this is a good start. kudos
It looks cool to recycle and reuse those timber poles, but I was also wondering how much greenhouse gas could be emitted while transforming, like sawing and charring, them into stools or tables,
I love the design of the telegraph pole stools, but isn't burning the wood counter-intuitive to the idea of keeping the CO2 inside the wood. Wouldn't burning it release it?
It's actually a fascinating and natural way to make them waterproof, very little of the timber is burned but just lightly charred to help protect it long term - www.architecturaldigest.com/story/shou-sugi-ban-black-waterproof-wood-furniture
Very inspiring. Wouldn't it be adding values when people could give tiles or plates or glaswork (old family pieces) that has meaning to them to be used in the terrazzo? The connection to the product will probably last longer.
Telegraph poles here in North America tend to be treated with all sorts of chemicals. At least, they were until relatively recently. I would advise against burning them sho-sugi-ban style.
Thankfully the partner Clare works with, Kennedy's Timber, has developed a process for making them safe to work with. Hopefully it spreads around the world! You can read more about it here - www.epa.nsw.gov.au/~/media/EPA/Corporate%20Site/resources/waste/110618-recycled-timber-case-study.ashx
The ideal of using resources from a “five mile radius” isn’t necessarily environmentally friendly, though? You can easily use-up a particular resource in your area that way, or chop down your local trees for the project, or even make things in a way that is more energy intensive because you don’t have the right equipment to make things in an environmentally sustainable way. And if a project will be particularly labour intensive, it may never get done if the local people do not have the time or money to contribute to it - after all, if you make things that are only for or benefit people in a small area, people nearby are unlikely to contribute too (Westerners who have rich lives to go back to don’t count). Using as much local resources as possible is good only if that is the most economical and sustainable solution, and that is not necessarily the case. E.g. it is better to use wood or sand that is harvested sustainably than just taking from your local ecosystem, which could be highly disruptive, even if it takes using transport that requires a lot of fuel. Furthermore, furniture isn’t necessarily a good thing to make, not only because it very easily can be thrown away later, but because furniture is a commodity that we already have way too much of in Australia, with even charities refusing donations of good furniture because there is so much second-hand furniture being unused. Trying to use more of what we already have is far less wasteful than producing new. Plus, if the design isn’t a good design that people want to keep for a relatively long time (and let’s be honest, their products don’t look great), then what is the point? If people buy just to support this group, that’s even worse because they are more likely to throw it away later, or for it to be unnecessary for them. If they are going to produce furniture, then at least produce less wasteful versions of furniture people actually want. It seems like they are just using the easiest and most simple ways of reusing materials as possible, which doesn’t necessarily look good or is comfortable to use (e.g. using rebar “as is” in chairs just sounds like a bad idea), when with a bit more effort they could be turned into objects people want and need - and there are other groups who have used waste materials to do that. Using as much as possible of the material can still be done by thinking of multiple objects the bits and pieces can be usefully used in, not trying to use it all in one object. And again, what is available in the second-hand market should be considered, so providing built-in furniture or objects used in construction is by far the best idea, or providing other items that people buy new because there is very little avenue for re-used materials.
When I watch this series I always struggle to understand how they sustain as a business. It's a niche market with good intent and cool designs, but it's steep into the handcraft/artistic realm of personal expression, often with a high price tag and selective customers. As a passion it's absolutely fine but can you actually make a living out of it.
Please plan a second season of this series! It's wonderful to see all these creative solutions to waste!
Comments like this will help make that happen, so keep letting us know!
Yep. I agree. 2nd season!
Fascinating. More please.
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Next series come to Belgium and the Netherlands. There's a whole new economy emerging that makes your first series nice and inspiring, but small.
I'm an architect at DENC-STUDIO. Our own office has several circular solutions and we're working on more circular projects (eg a living lab about circular concrete).
But that's not all. Here's more inspiration, starting with overall concepts:
Circubuild is an overview website of several circular solutions in architecture in Belgium.
Madaster is the (Dutch) system that sees buildings as a library of materials. Every building gets a pasport with all its materials labeled for later reuse or repair.
But also:
Rotor DC and Opalis are depots of buildingmaterials with online info for designers.
BC Materials and BC architects use earth from their buildingsites or local 'waste' to form new buidingmaterials
The Exploded View is an expo and website about new circular materials
Design studios and projects: Gare Martime in Brussels, Superuse Studios, Zin offices in Brussels, The Impact Factory, ...
Smaller, but also inspiring:
Timelab in Ghent, Labland in Ghent, Onbetaalbaar Makerscollectief, JUUNOO circular drywall, ...
Circular concepts about food: Kopjezwam in Bruges
R E F R E S H I N G !!!!! Keep up the great work. "Simplicity is an advanced course." SRI CHINMOY
How wonderful! What a very needed model that should be taught in design schools, architectural schools and trade schools worldwide! Kudos to Five Mile Radius👏👏👏👏
@maryhart637 There is a huge movement like this in europe called the Cradle to Cradle design philosophy.
Wow! Watching this made my heart go faster! As a layperson, I was thinking how I want to do this for my place and for others but I live in a small apartment. Hopefully these ideas will become an addition to the 'community shed' places we have here in Australia . We need some sustainable practice hubs to teach to one another. Exciting times :)
Do what you can with what you have, where you are.
Plenty of things to reuse recycle etc. I use things like jars for drinking glasses and storage containers for example.
This is just wonderful. This is my absolute favourite so far. Turning problems (waste) into solutions (beautiful useful products and architecture, and providing re use ethos to users). I really love the collective…..different skill sets…….different details…..same broad collective vision…friendships too. So great. Screen Australia wow incredible film making vision and skilful team. Well done!
Classy and sustainable but also fully modern. Really appreciate this video, ty
Echoing others how much I enjoy this series. Finding new purpose to job site’s waste must be a challenge, but the reward is jaw-dropping. Best of luck to this studio in expanding their workforce, and also inspiring some of us watching to do something within our own five mile radius.
A fun house to repurpose materials is brilliant. Final product still takes a lot of time and effort and price reflects this, but is completely out of reach for so many. A workshop series would be fantastic to teach new ways of using salvaged materials, or even better, introduced as a subject in schools, working within their own five mile radius. This would combine art, woodwork, metalwork, science, maths, collaboration and a lot of problem solving.
Truly inspiring ! Such a creative community of people with a clear but very powerful vision ! Using local resources is a simple and genius idea that helps in so many levels! Well done keep up the good work !
I love the company name "5 mile radius!" and I freaking LOVE those stools!
I always loved terrazzo. Beautiful, durable, recycling bits that were discarded. How brilliant that you can recuperate the concrete still wet for this purpose. Very efficient. 🙌
I'm a big fan of your design collab process with recovered materials repurposed into beautiful furniture. The architectural work shown from your time in India is visually stunning, especially with the freshly made bricks from the local surroundings. More please!
i also say ... Wonderful! my dream is no waste, everything gets transform! that tables also look nice in a kitchen working balcony
My favorite in the series so far! (We see extra concrete and decommissioned utility poles reused all the time, and it's definitely worth the time and trouble!) 😎✌️
Very inspirational, I hope more people, more countries take the road to reuse and recycle as they do.
What a fantastic series. Very uplifting and hope-giving. Well-done, FMR and NTS Teams and a great big "Thank you" !!
So great to see this!
One log, two stools . Simple. Brilliant .
Great series that forces us to rethink our approach on construction and design. Thanks NTS .. as always you nailed it! 😍👏👏🎊👏👏
This is how you can improve and challenge the architects skills and competency. Awesome work! 👏🏼👏🏼
Very intriguing. The telegraph poles were a favorite cheap structural resource of fellow mudbrick ownerbuilders in the later half of 20th century. Interesting to them being used in contemporary sustainable furniture design.
Thanks!
Fantastic video- I love what FMR are doing. Those stools are beautiful and clever!
I absolutely enjoy this type of content 👍🏻
Wonderful vision and results. 🤩
thank you NTS team! love to see bringing waste to life!
I love these videos where they transform materials that are already considered trash into decorative elements for interiors and building materials. Taking into account the environmental conditions of the planet, it is always good to do our part to help reduce the carbon footprint.
What a great story!
Those stools are so…freaking…cool.
I think I said it before but I will say it again : I love this serie ! So inspiring
Love cleverness and play and ingenuity.
...so it is true that the sorroundungs are abundant if you look to see it... great idea you guys had and produce from local sourced material...you should expand this as being educational material in architectural and interior design schools!
I just love this guys! Keep doing what you are doing! I love how you and your team come up with awesome stuff from recycled materials
Man, this is amazing. I am blown away
I like this series but I would prefer it to be on another day of the week. A Thursday without a new small space is a boring Thursday for me.❤
When she said working with a well known architect but it's Pritzker Awardee Architect Blakrishna Doshi😂
i really liked the idea
thankyou for ur contribution to something good
I’ve loved this series! So interesting to see the thought process involved for getting to reuse the waste
I loved watching this, what a great approach.
Love what you're doing. Keep up the good work!
designers absolutely(!) have a responsibility to design sustainably. and this should be required already in schools and put in place by gov't but we all know how they are in bed with big companies. this is a good start. kudos
I love this series, it's a wonderful format. Thank you, so inspiring.
Wonderful content, vision and execution.
fantastic project, very well thought out
Loved this series!
Really interesting!
So cool!
Bravo 👍
💖💕💖💕💖💕 Thankful 🙏💖
Hey FMR! Superb! Bravo!!!
I'm loving this content so far! It's inspiring and truly wonderful. I wish I could do things like that as well :)))
Upcycling is always trending in any shape or form. #responsible_consumerism
Loved the episode, so passionate and inspiring
It looks cool to recycle and reuse those timber poles, but I was also wondering how much greenhouse gas could be emitted while transforming, like sawing and charring, them into stools or tables,
Love it !
I never ever comment, but this is my second time commenting ihih: amazing episode!! Congrats you guys!!!😊
Awesome! This is quite inspirational!
Life changing content 😊
i love this series ❤
Me ha encantado, es inspirador y creativo, como el resto del canal :)
Such a great practice
this is so inspiring
I can't wait!
Really beautiful ethics!
I love the design of the telegraph pole stools, but isn't burning the wood counter-intuitive to the idea of keeping the CO2 inside the wood. Wouldn't burning it release it?
It's actually a fascinating and natural way to make them waterproof, very little of the timber is burned but just lightly charred to help protect it long term - www.architecturaldigest.com/story/shou-sugi-ban-black-waterproof-wood-furniture
This series is awesome
Уже жду. Превью многообещающее
Very inspiring. Wouldn't it be adding values when people could give tiles or plates or glaswork (old family pieces) that has meaning to them to be used in the terrazzo? The connection to the product will probably last longer.
Wow so inspiring!
Brilliant!
Such a great idea! Very inspiring d
Love this, keep up the the good work;)
Telegraph poles here in North America tend to be treated with all sorts of chemicals. At least, they were until relatively recently. I would advise against burning them sho-sugi-ban style.
Thankfully the partner Clare works with, Kennedy's Timber, has developed a process for making them safe to work with. Hopefully it spreads around the world! You can read more about it here - www.epa.nsw.gov.au/~/media/EPA/Corporate%20Site/resources/waste/110618-recycled-timber-case-study.ashx
This sort of concrete furniture used to be much more common in Australia from the 60's to the 80's.....
ow really cool story. just like, i wanna work with them easily :)
Brilliant
Searching people who are interested in projects like this here in Germany.
So cooll!!
So inspiring! Does anyone know of similar projects in Europe?
Woooooooow ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Интересно, с бетоном работают, и минимализм впечатляет,одним словом,чем проще, убрать,и затратить,меньше,времени.
didn't know ghandi started the 5mi radius movement!
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The ideal of using resources from a “five mile radius” isn’t necessarily environmentally friendly, though? You can easily use-up a particular resource in your area that way, or chop down your local trees for the project, or even make things in a way that is more energy intensive because you don’t have the right equipment to make things in an environmentally sustainable way. And if a project will be particularly labour intensive, it may never get done if the local people do not have the time or money to contribute to it - after all, if you make things that are only for or benefit people in a small area, people nearby are unlikely to contribute too (Westerners who have rich lives to go back to don’t count). Using as much local resources as possible is good only if that is the most economical and sustainable solution, and that is not necessarily the case. E.g. it is better to use wood or sand that is harvested sustainably than just taking from your local ecosystem, which could be highly disruptive, even if it takes using transport that requires a lot of fuel.
Furthermore, furniture isn’t necessarily a good thing to make, not only because it very easily can be thrown away later, but because furniture is a commodity that we already have way too much of in Australia, with even charities refusing donations of good furniture because there is so much second-hand furniture being unused. Trying to use more of what we already have is far less wasteful than producing new. Plus, if the design isn’t a good design that people want to keep for a relatively long time (and let’s be honest, their products don’t look great), then what is the point? If people buy just to support this group, that’s even worse because they are more likely to throw it away later, or for it to be unnecessary for them. If they are going to produce furniture, then at least produce less wasteful versions of furniture people actually want.
It seems like they are just using the easiest and most simple ways of reusing materials as possible, which doesn’t necessarily look good or is comfortable to use (e.g. using rebar “as is” in chairs just sounds like a bad idea), when with a bit more effort they could be turned into objects people want and need - and there are other groups who have used waste materials to do that. Using as much as possible of the material can still be done by thinking of multiple objects the bits and pieces can be usefully used in, not trying to use it all in one object. And again, what is available in the second-hand market should be considered, so providing built-in furniture or objects used in construction is by far the best idea, or providing other items that people buy new because there is very little avenue for re-used materials.
where do i sign up... 🤤
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When I watch this series I always struggle to understand how they sustain as a business. It's a niche market with good intent and cool designs, but it's steep into the handcraft/artistic realm of personal expression, often with a high price tag and selective customers. As a passion it's absolutely fine but can you actually make a living out of it.
I am going to copy the sh*t out of them❤
End times last days all written in Bible prophecy…. This world is surely close to closing time