How to Thow Away a Building
How to Thow Away a Building
How to Throw Away a Building is overall an artifact that sheds light on the complexities of material movements, waste management, and sustainability. The artifact presents a process that involves both physical and immaterial labor and questions the sustainability of recycling when it consumes significant labor and material resources. It also underscores the importance of considering the entire lifecycle of products, from their manufacture to their disposal, and raises the question of a sustainable waste management solution.
As Robert Smithson argued that
“It's a rather static way of looking at things. I don't think things go in cycles. I think things just change
from one situation to the next, there's really no return. ”
Through the reflects on
between the construction and demolition of buildings,
there is still a question mark
to the relationship between us and our living environment.