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O objeto de estudo desta dissertação é a sustentabilidade aplicada ao mobiliário.
O seu propósito é gerar uma metodologia para orientar projetos de reaproveitamento
de resíduos industriais através do design, juntamente com a criação de um projeto de
mobiliário mais sustentável, pondo em prática a metodologia desenvolvida, e
potencialmente influenciando mais designers, engenheiros e empresários a utilizar a
mesma técnica, mostrando as vantagens da mesma comparativamente ao modelo atual
de fabrico e comércio. Além disso, aprofundar-se-ão conhecimentos sobre os
problemas ambientais e as várias possíveis soluções para os mesmos, e esclarecer-seão os conceitos de Design Sustentável e Design Social, a fim de perceber como ambos
podem cooperar contribuindo para uma evolução social.
Embora a indústria mobiliária não esteja entre as três indústrias mais poluentes do
mundo, não deve ser ignorado o facto de que, mesmo quando o mobiliário é
composto por materiais orgânicos, a sua extração em demasia prejudica o meio
ambiente de várias formas diferentes. E visto que estamos numa sociedade que renova
frequentemente os seus equipamentos e objetos quotidianos, o seu descarte regular
(muitas vezes indevido ou sem reciclabilidade), também afeta o ambiente de forma
negativa, daí a metodologia desenvolvida se focar no reaproveitamento de materiais
residuais para lhes dar uma segunda vida, evitando a utilização de matéria extraída da
natureza ou fabricada artificialmente para tal.
O presente documento finaliza com o desenvolvimento de um projeto de
revalorização de resíduos em prol de testar e demonstrar a viabilidade da metodologia
desenvolvida ao longo do mesmo. Os resultados revelam-se num projeto modular,
utilizando maioritariamente madeira de paletes, onde o utilizador monta as suas
próprias peças de mobiliário de acordo com os seus gostos e necessidades (com vários
módulos, todos de igual forma, que podem originar peças de mobiliário diferentes),
podendo alterá-lo sempre que quiser, e ao adquirir mais módulos ter-se-á mais
variedade de disposições e de peças de mobiliário possíveis. Ou seja, mobiliário
dinâmico que pode acompanhar a vida de uma pessoa e adaptar-se a diferentes lares e
contextos, e personalizável, não só pelas disposições diferentes que se podem criar,
mas também devido à caracterização que os módulos podem possuir com o auxílio
dos vários resíduos industriais (para além da madeira de palete).
The subject of this dissertation is sustainability applied to furniture. Its purpose is to create a methodology to guide industrial residue revaluation projects through design, along with the development of a sustainable furniture project, putting the delivered methodology into practice, and potentially influencing more designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs to start utilizing the same technique by demonstrating its advantages over the present model of manufacture and commerce. Furthermore, we will deepen knowledge about environmental problems and their several possible solutions and clarify the concepts of Sustainable Design as well as Social Design, in order to understand how they can cooperate in a contribution to social evolution. Although the furniture industry is not among the three more polluting ones in the world, we cannot ignore the fact that, even when furniture is composed by organic materials, its overextraction still damages the environment in several ways. And since we are in a society that frequently renews their objects and equipments, its regular disposal – usually improper, or with no possibility for recycling – also affects the environment in a negative way, hence the focus of the present methodology being the reuse of waste materials giving them a second life, avoiding the use of raw materials or artificially manufactured ones for this purpose. The present document ends with the development of an industrial residue revaluation project, in order to test and demonstrate the viability of the developed methodology. Its results revealed to be a modular project, mostly utilizing pallets’ wood, where the user assembles their own furniture according to their tastes and needs (with several equal modules, that can result in different furniture pieces), while being able to modify it whenever they want, and the more modules one acquires, the more possible layouts and different furniture pieces one will have. In other words, it is a dynamic furniture set, that can accompany the users’ lifetime and adapt to different homes and contexts, while being customizable, not only because of all the different layouts possible, but also because of the characterization that the remaining industrial residue materials provide it with.
The subject of this dissertation is sustainability applied to furniture. Its purpose is to create a methodology to guide industrial residue revaluation projects through design, along with the development of a sustainable furniture project, putting the delivered methodology into practice, and potentially influencing more designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs to start utilizing the same technique by demonstrating its advantages over the present model of manufacture and commerce. Furthermore, we will deepen knowledge about environmental problems and their several possible solutions and clarify the concepts of Sustainable Design as well as Social Design, in order to understand how they can cooperate in a contribution to social evolution. Although the furniture industry is not among the three more polluting ones in the world, we cannot ignore the fact that, even when furniture is composed by organic materials, its overextraction still damages the environment in several ways. And since we are in a society that frequently renews their objects and equipments, its regular disposal – usually improper, or with no possibility for recycling – also affects the environment in a negative way, hence the focus of the present methodology being the reuse of waste materials giving them a second life, avoiding the use of raw materials or artificially manufactured ones for this purpose. The present document ends with the development of an industrial residue revaluation project, in order to test and demonstrate the viability of the developed methodology. Its results revealed to be a modular project, mostly utilizing pallets’ wood, where the user assembles their own furniture according to their tastes and needs (with several equal modules, that can result in different furniture pieces), while being able to modify it whenever they want, and the more modules one acquires, the more possible layouts and different furniture pieces one will have. In other words, it is a dynamic furniture set, that can accompany the users’ lifetime and adapt to different homes and contexts, while being customizable, not only because of all the different layouts possible, but also because of the characterization that the remaining industrial residue materials provide it with.
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Design Social Metodologia Mobiliário Sustentabilidade Upcycling