Residuos

Punt verd, within a 1.7 million euros, is the most important building integrated in the “Nuevo Plano Integral de Gestión de Residuos de Mercabarna” (Mercabarna’s New Integral Plan for Recycling Waste). The basic goal of this plan is to reverse the percentage of the recycled waste from the actual 30% to 70%. The installations of Punt Verd occupy 6675 m2, and consist in a recycling plant made out of two main areas for wholesalers and retailers. Two principal systems…

Garbage architects Jan Korbes and Denis Oudendijk operate on the borders of design, art and architecture and create new products from old materials. They provide new life for discarded objects. Origin for designs are found in the object itself. By listening to the objects’ history and desires, they discover new ways of usage. They internationally work in commission for institutions, non-profit organizations, and individuals, but also have lots of fun creating just for themselves. MILLEGOMME millegomme can hear the…