The Royal College of Art presents: Stay Plastic

Stay Plastic gives us a glimpse of what the future of design might look like. Using emerging techniques in 3D printing, Stay Plastic has produced a prototype housing project made 100% from recycled-plastic. 3D printing has generated a lot of buzz during the last years –especially because of the potentiality of printing human organs that can be used for transplants from thin air- yet this is one of the very few projects that have actually been made physical through this technology. The study includes a fascinating transformation of the Eastern Riverside Recycling Centre on the banks of the River Thames, in London. Besides opening new horizons in the way we view the architectural process, Stay Plastic offers an interesting –and much needed- solution for recycling the massive amounts of plastic waste that contaminate 88% of the ocean’s surface, as recent studies have shown.