This studio is located on a landfill site near the town of Lelystad in Flevoland. A large part of the studio consisted of working on the research and diving deep into the matter and structures of the landfill. It was our own task to develop an intervention from the research. The final goal was to produce a film-essay to show the position of the work and perhaps also to ask questions and find possible answers.
This studio is located on a landfill site near the town of Lelystad in Flevoland. A large part of the studio consisted of working on the research and diving deep into the matter and structures of the landfill. It was our own task to develop an intervention from the research. The final goal was to produce a film-essay to show the position of the work and perhaps also to ask questions and find possible answers.
Can architecture and the associated human movement lead to a change in the consciousness of the individual and thus reorient society? This work is about different actors who, influenced by architecture, follow a certain choreography and movement. For this, the different scales of the landfill in lylestad are analysed and different protagonists are identified. A seemingly inseparable connection between time and movement is revealed for each protagonist. Looking at them coherently, one realizes that a change in the small can influence the large.
The aim of the intervention is to create an impact on the psyche of the human in conjunction with the experience of movement. The design is placed at a time when the landfill has reached its maximum volume and the actors have come to an end. But there is still a reason to visit the landfill, the disposing of one's household waste.
Even if the dumping of waste in Leylestat comes to an end one day, the production of waste in society will continue. This is how we climb the ever-growing mountain, day after day, car after car, truck after truck, until the mindset changes and the flood of waste is reduced or even comes to an end.
In this context, the large scale of the design work with the way how to enter the landfill.
In order to create a perception of the size of the former landfill, the access leads directly over the highest point of the Dutch mountain. In this way you drive up the serpentine, and it creates a powerful moment when the edge is overcome and the view changes from the sky to the land.
The road crosses the centre of the landfill, showing the beauty of the occupying plants and the size of the mountain. Then you reach the access to the medium scale, the new HVC Station.
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In the part of the medium scale, of the design, the movement of the human and the household waste becomes the actor. Under the influence of physical, ecological and psychological aspects, silos of different design are created, which are individually shaped for the corresponding waste.
All silos are as high as the landfill and allowing different possibilities of movement.
these silos are set together and support the three individual levels on which different uses take place.
The top level becomes the stage for private households, this is where people throw away their trash. In addition, there is a building for admission control and the opportunity to check for reusable waste. If reusable furniture or similar material is found, it can be stored and processed here for reuse.
The middle level is intended for use as a climbing space. In this way, the landfill will have another use for the general public, which will bring people to this site even after the possible closure of the HVC station.
The ground level is intended exclusively for the employees and the work of the HVC group.
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In this smallest part of the design, the user comes into a close contact with the materiality.
The entire structure consists of a composition of concrete and bottomash, which are also used as climbing holds.
In this way we climb the ever-growing mountain, day by day, car by car, truck by truck, until the mindset changes and the flood of waste comes to an end.
