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

项目概述这项研究的总体目标是：调查以回收矿物为基础的废物材料；探索如何将它们结合在热铸工艺中，以开发具有独特美学品质的材料；为建筑师、设计师、艺术家和手工艺者检查材料的创造性和商业潜力。研究小组的目标是开发材料--主要是回收利用的矿物废物--可用于制造产品，如内外墙砖/覆层、地板、砖、城市街道家具、雕塑物品和实用器皿。这项计划的范围将涵盖整个研发过程，由调查废物原料的来源，以至调查潜在的创意应用和制造机会，项目建议完全未经测试和推测。然而，研究问题源于研究团队现有的研究兴趣和市场研究，加上对生态负责的、以设计为导向的制造的重要性的认识。问题证明研究项目是合理的：*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、手工艺者和消费者提供创新的创意机会和解决方案；*对新材料和新产品日益增长的需求对矿物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将循环利用的矿物废物用于生产既增加现有废物原材料的价值又具有内在美学美感的产品中的原始原材料)；*相信一种材料固有的美学特性可以提供视觉兴趣的焦点，即在表面上看到贯穿材料整个核心的东西。该项目旨在扩大对表面、形式和材料的叙述，从而扩大环保材料的视觉词汇和创意可能性。应用研究将结合定量的、实证的材料调查和以实践为导向的创造性应用的定性探索。核心研究团队由一名艺术家/设计师和材料科学家组成，并得到工业和高等院校合作伙伴的额外支持。根据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，将通常不相连的艺术、科学和工业研究社区联系起来。研究团队进行的广泛调查没有发现现有研究或产品在热铸过程中开发再生玻璃和其他矿物废物材料的美学潜力的证据。因此，该项目的投机性质是基于这样一个假设，即应该可以将基于矿物的废物与再循环的废玻璃结合起来，形成具有独特美学质量的大片(或大片)。它可以：*在各种创造性的背景下应用；*为循环再造的废物增值；*适合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.