ANEW -
RECYCLE CENTRE
This project is targeting Sustainable Development Goal 11, to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
In further explanation, it is focusing on target 11.6, which aims to reduce the environmental impacts by paying attention to municipal and waste management.
There are facts that prove the implementation of mandatory waste separation is less successful in Malaysia.
Hence, this recycle centre aims to improve and encourage public behaviour on waste segregation for recycling. This can be a step to move towards a clean city environment.
There are few areas that can be explored at the recycle centre. The recycle centre can be explained in 3 separate zones, which are RECYCLE, REDUCE and REUSE. At “RECYCLE” zone, it is mainly used for collecting recyclable items. There is a drop-off area for the collection of recyclable items. Recyclable items like plastic bottles, papers, clothing, glass, aluminium and metals are collected. Not only as waste, but these recycled items can also be used as decorative items.
The recycled bottles, aluminium cans can be added to the wall cabinets. Papers like old catalogues and posters can be attached on the wall to produce the art of collage with recycled items. The items will be collected by the staff for recycling when it is fully occupied.
For “REDUCE” and “REUSE”, it is implied with the meaning of reducing to develop for new resources and materials, but reusing the recycled materials.
To encourage public use of recycled products, the retail shop is selling products and handicrafts that are made from recycled materials. Interactive zone for the public to experience waste segregation virtually at the same time to consolidate the importance of waste segregation into the public's memory.
As to fully carry forward on reusing recycled products, a workshop for making souvenirs and handicrafts is opened to the public. Through this, inculcating ideas to the public, that rubbish can be reused and transformed into new items which are useful.
Woodland - EXPERIENCE
CENTER FOR UNITED
NATIONS’ 2030 AGENDA
By studying Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate Action, it can be seen that the climatic phenomenon on earth is changing, and the human living environment is getting worse.
This project is an Experience Centre that emphasizes the hazards of forest fire. “Woodland”, with the mission to awaken humanity, telling people the impacts of forest fire on mankind. At the same time, reminding people of the importance of forests to mother earth.
In the experience centre, there is a storyline of “Forest Fire” to be presented to visitors. Visitors will follow the route to experience the impacts of the forest fire.
The Forest Fire > The Origin > The Wasteland > The Consciousness > Restoration & Regrowth
At the starting point, visitors can experience the real scene of forest fire under safety precautions and within a safety measure. Visitors can feel the heat and smell the smoke from the fire, having a deeper impression of the hazards of forest fire.
Moving to the next point, it will be a “recall” session for visitors. The projectors are playing the human activities that are happening every day. Those activities include deforestation, burning of fossil fuel and overconsumption of non-renewable energy and etcetera. All these are the reasons for causing our planet to get sick.
After seeing and experiencing the scene, “consciousness” is a stage for visitors to start their action. By planting a seed, this can be a small step of an awakening movement to protect our planet.
After recalling the origin of causing climate changes, visitors will walk into “Wasteland”, where the scenery of the land after forest fires. Visitors can see burnt trees, scorched soil and full of dust in the air.
At the final point, there will be the “Restoration & Regrowth”, which represents the scenery of ecological succession. At this stage, land is recovering and the plants are starting to grow.
It is important to deliver messages to humans. A lot of serious impacts of forest fire, climate change, the changing of living environment all are related to human future. Hence, start from now, protect our mother EARTH.