The document is a circular from Saverio Massaro discussing how upcycling culture affects domestic spaces. It provides examples of homes that incorporate upcycled or recycled materials in their design. These include Kurt Schwitters' MerzBau, built from discarded materials in Germany in the 1920s-40s, Frank Gehry's Santa Monica home built partly from scrap wood and metals in 1979, and more recent homes built from reused and assembled materials like Ensamble Studio's EMEROSCOPIUM HOUSE in Spain from 2008. The circular concludes by noting that inefficiencies in cities and materials can provide design opportunities for sustainable homes.

1. CIRCULAR
INTERIORS
Saverio Massaro - PhD Candidate
Architecture Theories and Design
02.11.2016
How upcycle culture affects domestic spaces
Course Sustainable design
Prof. Marco Sorito
Academic year 2016-2017

2. let’s start
from a couple
of statements

3. every
INEFFICIENCY
is a DESIGN
opportunity

4. CITIES
are
urban
MINES
image: glitter close up, source: www.wikimedia.org

5. food for
thoughts

6. MERZBAU
Kurt Schwitters
1923-1948

7. bricolage

8. GEHRY HOUSE
Frank Owen Gehry
Santa Monica (USA)
1979
photo credits: Craig Scott, source: http://www.theartsdesk.com/print/15432

10. source: www.greatbuildings.com

11. source: http://stephdesign3.blogspot.it/

13. assemblage

14. EMEROSCOPIUM
HOUSE
Ensamble Studio
Madrid (Spain)
2008

19. overwrite

20. HOUSE E+M
Josep Ferrando
Sant Cugat del Vallès -
Barcellona (Spain)
2011-2014
photo credits: Adrià Goula, source: https://divisare.com/projects/321303-josep-ferrando-bramona-adria-goula-house-e-m

29. that’s all folks!
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