Construction: Assembling Architecture from Plastic Bottles—Archipelago
Channel: Justin Tyler Tate
Date: 2023-04-28

With all of the tedium of production behind you, you can now get onto the fun part of the process—the part where you let your inner child out to play and build. Put pairs of bottles together, screwing them into the islands, to build large structures such as columns, beams, arches and domes. Let your imagination roam free. The structure can be covered to make it waterproof, or left open to function more as a trellis or play space. The PET will break down over time with exposure to sun, so avoid this if you plan on leaving the structure up for a long time, otherwise build it up, deconstruct it, and then assemble something new at will. 

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Archipelago addresses these issues through a 4 step system empowering individuals to recycle at home using a few specialized, but easy to produce or acquire, tools in combination with modular design.

See the full project at https://archipelagogo.weebly.com/

'Archipelago' has been supported by the following organizations:
Linz FMR
Atelierhaus Salzamt
Kunstuniversität Linz
Canada Council for the Arts