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Zero Waste Ortigia

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Student Meiying Hong
Programme
Unit PG11
Year 4

In the last five years, Sicily has been undergoing a serious waste management crisis. This is having a devastating impact on health, society and the environment, and causing significant damage to the island's tourism sector. In response to the unlawful management of waste and the overloading of the waste disposal system, the programme directly utilises the recycled waste as key building components. It creates a multifunctional waste centre on Ortigia Island and reduces the amount of trash ending up in landfill or oceans.


Besides a plant disposing of the sorted waste, the centre contains spaces for encouraging public participation in the recycling process, such as a waste material workshop and self-collection spot. Adapted to the road conditions on the island, donkeys replace small trucks to collect waste. A donkey care room in the waste centre provides a resting space and services for these lovely 'organic machines'. Waste is not a stain on this island; the waste centre acts as witness and as a form of display, looking towards becoming a community centre in the future.

Waste Material Workshop

The paper, plastic and glass panels made of recycled waste materials are manufactured in the workshop and finally installed on the display façade.

Donkey Care Room

As the waste centre uses donkeys as the main way to collect waste, it also provides a care room where the donkeys can eat, rest, sleep and be treated by the staff.

Layout

The systematic layout of the waste centre refers to the movement of four main participators (recycling waste, staff, public and donkeys) inside the building.

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