Design to Manufacture: Realising the creative and commercial potential of a unique aesthetic 'Eco-material'

从设计到制造：实现独特美学“生态材料”的创意和商业潜力

• 批准号: AH/L00738X/1
• 负责人: David Binns
• 金额: $ 10.01万
• 依托单位: University of Central Lancashire
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FL00738X%2F1
• 关键词: Design; Manufacture; Realising; creative; commercial

This project builds on a previous AHRC funded project: 'The Aesthetic of Waste' - an investigation of the creative & commercial potential of kiln cast re-cycled mineral waste (Binns, 2008). The primary aim of the project is: 'Through a 'design-led' approach, further exploit the creative and commercial potential of 'high value' Eco-material, developed within the previous AHRC funded award'.The original research, with its roots in craft practice, involved developing a process for converting glass, ceramic and mineral waste into a functional, aesthetic, high-value Eco-material. The innovative material offers architects and designers a cladding and surface product imbued with a unique aesthetic, possessing significant sustainable properties. The kiln casting process converts 'low value' waste into a 'high value' product, made from 97-100% recycled waste, without any cementatious or synthetic polymers, used in many existing 'green' composite products. The process utilizes locally sourced waste, thus avoiding excessive transportation of raw materials. All manufacturing waste can be re-introduced into the input stream (Zero Waste, Closed Loop Manufacturing) and can be recycled at end of life (Cradle to Cradle Design Paradigm, End of Life Manufacturing). Whilst the Research Team developed a number of prototype samples, demonstrating a wide range of aesthetic qualities, the resources available within the existing research facility limited the creative scope of the research.This project involves establishing a pilot-manufacturing unit, which would enhance creative development of the new material and facilitate increased scales of production (size and volume). Through increasing the creative and commercial potential of the material, the project will expand the aesthetic vocabulary for architects, designers and craft-makers - offering a broader range of design solutions.The research team intend developing 'design led' products, aimed at architects and designers who are particularly focused on the use of innovative and sustainable building products. A priority of the research team is to exploit how increased scales of manufacture, in turn increases the creative possibilities, through previously unforeseen artistic output, including the possibility for engagement in public art projects and engendering a sense of place through utilizing locally sourced raw materials.The project entails the Research Team working in collaboration with a project partner, Recycling Lives (RL), a 'Queens Award for Sustainable Enterprise' winning company, based in Preston, UK. RL are a perfect fit as partner as they are a major UK recycling company with over forty years experience in the recycling and waste management industry. It is proposed that the pilot plant would be established on their premises. They will provide, in kind, manufacturing, business administration, sales and marketing support, through their company infrastructure. An unforeseen pathway to impact, emerging from the above-completed research, addresses the recycling of CRT lead-bearing glass - currently presenting a major environmental problem to both the UK and global recycling industry, due to the high lead content of the glass. With 1.9 billion screens still in use globally, there is an urgent need to develop novel, environmentally acceptable solutions. The research team has undertaken preliminary empirical research, which suggests that the incorporation of CRT glass in the new Eco-material can result in the lead content being safely encapsulated. Proving the safe encapsulation of lead within the new Eco-material, would be a crucial step towards realising the commercial potential of CRT lead glass, whilst also offering a novel solution to the CRT recycling problem. The project will demonstrate how research, originating within creative art practice, can lead to the delivery of significant creative, economic, social and environmental impacts.

这个项目建立在AHRC之前资助的一个项目的基础上：“废物的美学”--对窑炉铸造回收矿物废物的创意和商业潜力的调查(宾斯，2008年)。该项目的主要目的是：“通过‘设计为主导’的方法，进一步开发‘高价值’生态材料的创意和商业潜力，这是在前一次AHRC资助的奖项中开发的。”最初的研究植根于工艺实践，涉及开发一种将玻璃、陶瓷和矿物废物转化为功能性、美观、高价值生态材料的过程。这种创新的材料为建筑师和设计师提供了一种具有独特美感的覆层和表面产品，具有重要的可持续性能。窑炉浇注过程将“低价值”废物转化为“高价值”产品，该产品由97-100%回收的废物制成，不含任何胶结剂或合成聚合物，用于许多现有的“绿色”复合材料产品。该工艺利用当地来源的废物，从而避免了原材料的过度运输。所有制造废物都可以重新引入输入流(零废物、闭路制造)，并可以在生命周期结束时回收(从摇篮到摇篮的设计范例、生命周期结束制造)。虽然研究团队开发了许多原型样品，展示了广泛的美学品质，但现有研究设施内的可用资源限制了研究的创造性范围。该项目涉及建立一个中试制造单位，这将促进新材料的创造性开发，并促进生产规模(尺寸和体积)的扩大。通过增加材料的创意和商业潜力，该项目将扩大建筑师、设计师和手工艺者的审美词汇量，提供更广泛的设计解决方案。研究团队打算开发“设计主导”产品，目标客户是特别关注创新和可持续建筑产品使用的建筑师和设计师。研究团队的首要任务是探索制造规模的扩大如何通过以前未曾预见的艺术输出来增加创意可能性，包括参与公共艺术项目的可能性，以及通过使用当地来源的原材料产生地方感。该项目需要研究团队与项目合作伙伴循环生活(RL)合作，RL是英国普雷斯顿的一家荣获可持续企业皇后奖的公司。RL是一个完美的合作伙伴，因为他们是一家英国大型回收公司，在回收和废物管理行业拥有40多年的经验。提议在他们的房舍内建立试点工厂。他们将通过其公司基础设施提供实物制造、企业管理、销售和营销支持。从上述完成的研究中出现了一种意想不到的影响途径，解决了CRT含铅玻璃的回收-由于玻璃的高铅含量，目前对英国和全球回收行业来说都是一个重大的环境问题。由于全球仍有19亿块屏幕在使用，迫切需要开发新颖的、环境可接受的解决方案。研究小组已经进行了初步的实证研究，这表明在新的环保材料中加入CRT玻璃可以安全地封装铅含量。证明铅在新的环保材料中的安全封装，将是实现CRT铅玻璃商业潜力的关键一步，同时也为CRT回收问题提供了一个新的解决方案。该项目将展示源自创意艺术实践的研究如何能够产生重大的创意、经济、社会和环境影响。