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The Electrical Complexity

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Programme
Unit UG4
Year 2

The project responds to the ever-increasing issue of e-waste. It aims to be a catalyst for a change in the current model for the production, consumption, and disposal of e-goods. The project reappropriates the Interchange Warehouse, a former transportation hub with a basin underneath for barges. Thus, part of the program is to reinvigorate the basin.

The proposed programme consists of four elements: a disassembly hub that disassembles e-waste; a storage area for storing useful retrieved components; a dynamic display/archive that archives the sorted and disassembled components; and a small electrical workshop, which aims to empower people to repair and engage with electronics.

Over time the program will evolve; its scale will increase and so the rest of the building will be occupied. The display archive records the Electrical Complexity in its cathedral-like space. It aims to create a sense of awe and reflect the chaos and complexity of electrical items.

Long Section

Composite section cutting through the archive and workshop, capturing different light qualities.

Ground Floor Plan

1:200 ground floor plan demonstrating the intersecting geometries of the archive and the interchange.

Internal View of the Archive

Internal view looking upward through the display walkways.

Visitors View of the Electrical Display

A viewing platform for the visitors, illuminated by lights from behind.

Operatives View from the Barge

Rendered view from the basin; the barge collects excess e-waste.

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The Bartlett
Summer Show 2022
01 – 16 July 2022
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