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Wastescape : Stitching The Process Of Natural Decomposition Back Into The Public Realm, Yu Pei
Wastescape : Stitching The Process Of Natural Decomposition Back Into The Public Realm, Yu Pei
Masters Theses
The research starts with an interest in waste management in New York City which is the most wasteful city in the world. The city spends extra energy and creates more environmental and social problems by transporting them out of the city and dumping them in the landfill.
With the original question of how to bring the waste back to the city and how to get people close to the waste, Phase I investigates the composition, quantity and mobility of the waste management in New York City and raises the objective of bringing waste back into the city within the broader …