Product Design

Services

Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Client

Doha

Location

2013

Completed

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Student residences built for sustainability

A 1200 residence facility for Qatar foundation was being inaugurated, and the student affairs team wanted to gift students moving into the facility a gift, but not any gift. They wanted an object made from the waste generated from the construction of the building, in order to install a sense of sustainability and to raise awareness on how things we perceive as waste and be repurposed and reused.

Furniture made from construction waste

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Simple design, the 'Cartwheel' allows for flexibility for use

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Simple to make

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Every 'Cartwheel' is unique

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Cartwheel's' in use

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Visit the student dorms