NTU Architecture Subject Group

Life cycle of materials

What customers bring home except the product? Is there a way to expose them to the new idea of more sustainable living? I found an answer and an inspiration through the process of making biomaterials at home. It shows me that every aspect of design matters. And there is a craft behind each object. At the end material is what we touch and see. Design proposal explore and combine alternative ways of retail and farming.

In a current culture of plastic, packaged food and other beautiful objects that are easily thrown away and replaced with new ones, it easy to forget where the food came from. After all food is what we all need, and it is what people purchase and bring home more often than anything else. The question is: What the customer bring home except the product? Is there a way to expose the client to the new idea?

A successful design would have that one key feature that make people say: ‘I’ve been there! And I’ve learned something new!’ to their friends and spread the idea further.

Looking deeper into the subject or BioSolutions and biomaterials opens the whole new world of alternatives opens to me. The more inspiring way of bringing the nature to the city. I found a passion and an inspiration in biomaterials. They show the design is a process, where every aspect matters. And there is a craft behind each object. At the end material is what we touch and see.

I believe architecture shapes behaviour. And I believe customers will bring back home not only the food but the idea of more sustainable living.

Joanna Wilk
Student name
Joanna Wilk
Course
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Contact
LinkedIn
@joanna-wilk-585858156
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BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design

Interior Architecture and Design at NTU has an incredibly long and rich history; with Interior Decoration taught at the first ever UK Art school, in the Waverley building during the 1950s.

Over the last 70 years, our programme has grown and adapted to meet the requirements of industry and social change, respond to trends, and deliver a degree which encourages students to look, think, critically appraise, and understand local and world issues amongst the principles of design.

We are a validated degree programme in which our students can join the Chartered Society of Designers, and we are members of the Interior Educators network. Our dedicated design studio in the Grade II* listed Arkwright building enables a studio culture which reflects professional practice, in a dynamic environment that challenges everyone to work collaboratively, share experiences and experiment with ideas.

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