To Rematerialize: Rinse, Rethink, Reimage

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To Rematerialize: Rinse, Rethink, Reimage

Submitted to the Department of Architecture in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, April 2017

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title: To Rematerialize: Rinse, Rethink, Reimage

creator: Lindsay Megan Dumont

subject: Industrial design, Materials; Recycled products; Building materials; Wentworth Design Excellence Award winner (2017)

description: After traveling to Benin, Africa, I realized that they reuse anything and everything they can, while we, Americans, buy new every chance we get. They make everything out of nothing, while we make nothing out of everything. For example, look at the image above, these women made a sail out of empty concrete bags, while we would have normally thrown something like this away, they harnessed the fullest potential of these bags. I want to shine light on this issue, to allow people to become aware that reusing products needs to become a norm. I believe architects can lead the way by using waste as a building material.

publisher: The Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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date: 2017

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