Bengaluru Studio Creates Material Lab from Salvaged Construction Waste and Rejected Samples
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Tirthika Shah
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Summary
Bengaluru design studio Multitude of Sins has transformed a former residential apartment into a material lab called 'Requiem for Ruins' using rejected samples, broken prototypes, and construction waste. The lab serves as both a research space and a 'spatial memoir' that documents the lifecycle of materials through creative reuse and upcycling practices.
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Bengaluru studio Multitude of Sins has used rejected samples, broken prototypes and construction waste to transform an apartment into its material lab and research space.
This was turned into a material lab, which the studio will use as a 'spatial memoir' of salvaged materials.
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