There is no waste in nature. The key concept we've chosen to work with, and a concept we've chosen to link to a supporting set of ideas and sciences. These are:
We spent a large part of the booklet elaborating and exploring the ideas and limitations of all of the above, both individually and as a whole. Connecting the ideas has then produced our final result. A proposal of how to build a home, fitting any amount of individuals, in a more sustainable way than a traditional home. Just beating traditional housing isn't really a challenge, and as such our concept, no waste in nature, arose. Our target was to reduce waste to zero.
Can also be found on page 4 of the booklet further below.
Throughout the seemingly near eternity that is life on earth, nature has developed and evolved to adapt to the surroundings and obstacles that our planet created. This constant evolution hasn't stopped once since the first life on earth started, and it probably never will.
However there is a reason that this constant evolution, spanning millions of years is possible. There is a reason that not even a meteor could end life on earth, this reason, is resilience. Nature can handle extreme amounts of stress, and still adapt to the circumstances, coming out on the other side stronger.
Now imagine if all carnivores of nature decided dogs were too cute to eat. The concept seems borderline ridicules, yet it is the trend that nature these days are taking, and it is taking it because of the intervention of humans. It is our belief that in the recent years, humanity has slowly drifted further and further away from nature, and we are also aware of the consequences that ignoring nature may cause.
And so with this project we want to try and reconnect the concepts of nature with human activity, because simply put, there shouldn't be waste in nature.
In order to bring us closer to eliminating waste we want to bring in a couple of concepts. These concept are as follows:
Circularity is the building industries idea of ensuring no material goes to waste. Buildings are composed of several different layers, all of these having their own intricacies and use patterns. This meant that in previous buildings, the façade for instance couldn't be removed from the structure, causing the structure to need to be replaced once the façade is worn down, even if the structure could still stand for another hundred years. It is a waste, and as such completely against everything nature stands for. Circularity, amongst other things of which we will cover later, puts a large emphasis on being able to disassemble all parts of buildings, so if one part fails, not everything is discarded with it.