URBAN BOTANTICAL RESOURCE: TRANSFORMATION OF GARDEN WASTE

Creator

Choi, Hoi Yan, Jocelyn

Title

Subject

Interior decoration -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2023-07-14

Relation

PolyU Design Show 2023: Profile Cards

YODEX Young Designers Exhibition 2024

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2023BAEDD12P001

ASSD2023BAEDD12P002

ASSD2023BAEDD12P003

ASSD2023BAEDD12P004

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design

Award Winning

Description

In the past five years, Hong Kong generated an average of 180 tonnes of yard waste per day. Yard waste includes all types of vegetative waste, most of which can be reused or recycled after treatment. At Prince Edward Flower Market, one of the biggest plant markets in Hong Kong, yard waste collects daily from wasted plants, off-cuts, and unsold merchandise. This project sees yard “waste” as an opportunity: an urban resource to redesign for new use and interaction with human behavior.

Through design of a mobile workshop that supports adapted paper pulp molding techniques, the project explores the possibilities of repurposing an under-utilized resource ecosystem for new use and design possibilities.

Collection

PolyU Design Show 2023