The Aesthetic of Waste - an investigation of the creative & commercial potential of kiln cast re-cycled mineral waste.

项目概述本研究的总体目标是：调查回收矿物基废物；探索它们如何在热铸造工艺中结合起来，以开发具有独特美学品质的材料；为建筑师、设计师、艺术家和手工艺者研究这些材料的创意和商业潜力。研究小组的目标是开发材料-主要来自再循环的矿物废物-可用于制造内墙和外墙瓷砖/包层，地板，砖块，城市街道家具，雕塑物品和实用物品等产品。该项目的范围将跨越整个研发过程，从调查废弃原材料的来源到调查潜在的创造性应用和制造机会。该项目提案完全未经检验，纯属猜测。然而，研究问题源于研究团队现有的研究兴趣和市场研究，并结合对生态责任“设计主导”制造重要性的认识。证明研究项目合理性的问题：*市场研究，清楚地表明对新材料的需求，为建筑师、设计师、艺术家、工艺制造商和消费者提供创新的创造机会和解决方案；*关注对新材料和新产品日益增长的需求对矿产资源的开发提出了不可持续的要求（这导致研究小组考虑如何利用再循环的矿物废物来替代生产产品中的原始原材料，这些产品既增加了现有废物原材料的价值，又具有内在的美感）；*相信材料的内在美学属性可以提供视觉兴趣的焦点，即在表面上看到贯穿整个材料核心的东西。该项目旨在扩展表面、形式和材料的叙事，从而扩展环保材料的视觉词汇和创造可能性。应用研究将结合定量、实证的材料调查和以实践为主导的创造性应用的定性探索。核心研究团队由艺术家/设计师和材料科学家组成，并得到工业和高等教育合作伙伴的额外支持。利用两位研究人员的知识和研究经验，该团队认为该项目提供了一个充满活力和令人兴奋的机会，以弥合艺术，科学和工业之间经常脱节的研究社区。研究小组进行了广泛的调查，发现没有证据表明现有的研究或产品在热铸造过程中利用了回收玻璃与其他矿物废料结合的美学潜力。因此，这个项目的投机性质是基于这样一个假设：它应该有可能将矿物废料与回收的废玻璃结合起来，形成具有独特美学品质的大块（或形式），它可以：*应用于各种创意环境；*增加回收废物的价值；*适用于有重大商业潜力的工业生产。

Project SummaryThe overall aims of this research are: to investigate recycled mineral based waste materials; explore how they might be combined within a thermal casting process for the development of material with unique aesthetic qualities; to examine the creative and commercial potential of the material for architects, designers, artists and craft makers.The Research Team aims to develop materials - from predominantly re-cycled, mineral waste - that may be used for making products such as interior and exterior wall tiles/cladding, flooring, bricks, urban street furniture, sculptural objects and utilitarian wares. The scope of the project will span the entire R&D process, from investigating sources of waste raw materials to investigating potential creative applications and opportunities for manufacturing.The project proposal is entirely untested and speculative in nature. The research question has however grown out of existing research interests of the Research Team and market research, combined with a recognition of the importance of eco-responsible 'design-led' manufacturing.Issues justifying the research project:* Market research that clearly demonstrates a demand for new materials that offer architects, designers, artists, craft-makers and consumers innovative creative opportunities and solutions;* Concern that the ever-growing desire for new materials and products is placing un-sustainable demands on the exploitation of mineral resources (this has led the Research Team to consider how, re-cycled mineral waste, might be used to replace virgin raw materials within the production of products that both add value to existing waste raw materials and have an intrinsic aesthetic beauty);* Belief in the notion that the inherent aesthetic properties of a material may provide the focus of visual interest, i.e. what extends through the entire core of the material is seen on the surface.The project seeks to extend the narratives of surface, form and material, thus extending the visual vocabulary and creative possibilities of eco-friendly materials. The applied research will combine quantitative, empirical material investigation with practice-led qualitative exploration of creative applications. The core Research Team comprises of an artist/designer and materials scientist, with additional support from industrial and HEI collaborative partners. Drawing on the knowledge and research experience of both investigators, the Team believe the project provides a dynamic and exciting opportunity to bridge the often unconnected research communities of art, science and industry.Extensive investigation by the research team has found no evidence of either existing research or products that exploit the aesthetic potential of recycled glass combined with other mineral waste materials within a hot casting process.The speculative nature of this project is, therefore, based around the hypothesis that it should be possible to combine mineral-based waste material, with re-cycled waste glass, to form large sheets (or forms) of a unique aesthetic quality, which can:* be applied within a variety of creative contexts; * add value to recycled waste;* be appropriate for industrial production with significant commercial potential.