MARKET REGENERATION - DIGEST IN THE CITY

by Tsun Chan

Street market is an essential part of everyday experience for resident in Tower Hamlet, which offer fresh products in cheap price to locals, hence it leads people to gather around.

Nowadays markets were hugely rely on imported goods from overseas, at the same time the package from the goods became litters on the street. Some of the packages could possibly be recycled, however they were not sort out properly and ends up in landfill.

This project is to reshape the ecosphere of a street market by introducing the kraft paper recycle factory and plastic workshops, allow an immediate action to waste and remake as product back to the market. By finding an architectural solution to make the recycling process transparent, it promote a joyful energy to the audience. The reborn of product help to revise the concept of waste being natural recourse, and encourage the habit of recycling.