3. Reuse.Restore.Remine
"The world is on a trajectory where waste generation will drastically
outpace population growth by more than double by 2050.”
- Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, What a Waste 2.0, 2018
Rapid urbanization and economic growth have caused global waste generation to outpace population growth, intensifying environmental and social crises. This project addresses waste and energy challenges by reimagining waste as a resource through integrated architectural, urban, and landscape design strategies.
Through a deeper understanding of waste, it becomes evident that waste is fundamentally a form of abandoned residue. This insight recalls post-extraction mining sites, where vast open pits remain as irreversible scars on the landscape. Rather than viewing these remnants as purely destructive, the project explores whether re-organizing and re-framing abandoned materials and terrains can constitute another form of reuse.
The site is located within a former mining area inside an Australian national park—a condition that reveals the tension and coexistence between natural landscapes and economic exploitation. Responding to both historical traces and future ecological considerations, the project adopts a design strategy oscillating between almost nothing and almost something, seeking minimal intervention while allowing new life and meaning to emerge from what has been left behind.
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A bathhouse emerges from ore and slag, where residual heat and material memory are reactivated.
Ranger Mine Main Building
Leftover mining site