Remli

Reimagining waste materials from Tokyo as new vernacular materials

東京で出た廃材を新たな土着の素材と見立てる

Remli is a portable lighting fixture that seeks to reconstruct the overly complicated and inappropriate relationship between humans and materials, reimagining waste materials from Tokyo as new vernacular materials. In industrial waste recycling plants in the suburbs of Tokyo, fine debris and rubble, which remain after the sorting and recovery of reusable materials, are collected before being sent to landfills. These collected fragments are further crushed, mixed with soil, and applied to the surface of the lighting fixture using plastering techniques. Through this process, Remli explores the new value of waste materials that are difficult to recycle and often send to landfills. This product is commercialized through a collaborative development between the research project "Urban Origin" by we+ and Ambientec.

Remliは、東京を使用済み素材の原産地と見立て、不適切かつ複雑になりすぎてしまった人間と素材の関係の再構築を試みるポータブル照明です。東京近郊の産業廃棄物リサイクル処理プラントにおいて、再生利用可能な素材が選別・回収された後に残り、埋め立てに回されてしまう細かいくずや瓦礫を回収。それらをさらに細かく粉砕し、土と混ぜ合わせ、左官技術によって、照明機器の表面に塗ることで、再生利用が難しく、埋め立てに回されてしまう廃棄物の新たな価値を探っています。この作品は、we+による研究プロジェクト「Urban Origin」とAmbientecとの共同開発によって製品化されました。

Year
2024
Client
Ambientec
Category
Venue
  • Rossana Orlandi Gallery [Milan]
Photo
Hiroshi Iwasaki / Shunsuke Watanabe / Kenichi Murase
Photo
Hiroshi Iwasaki / Shunsuke Watanabe / Kenichi Murase
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