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Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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25.01.2022 Revisiting our images of the concrete at #Arcosanti, an experimental development in the Arizona desert with buildings conceived by the late theoretical architect, Paolo Soleri. - Text via @arcosanti_arizona Using an earth-casting method where concrete was poured over the earth, taking its shape from the contours of the land, Soleri created the unique and provocative structures and dwellings at Cosanti. Sometimes, soil was intentionally mounded or colored with added cement p...igments. Once the concrete had cured, the soil was excavated out from the concrete shell. Evocative of Grecian and Egyptian structures from the ancient world, or alluding to those seen in movies set in a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, Cosanti’s experimental architecture has a beguiling otherworldliness. Where most builders today would build a building from the ground up, Soleri built his structures from the roof down. Many of Soleri’s structures at Cosanti are built below ground level and surrounded by mounds of earth, acting as natural insulation to better moderate the dwellings’ interior temperatures. The Dome House (1949) in Cave Creek Arizona was the first of Soleri’s semi-subterranean projects. - - - Five Mile Radius visited @arcosanti_arizona in 2017 as part of a fellowship into rural building awarded by the @gaf_community @issinstitute

17.01.2022 Why we love local? Local materials helps express local identity Local materials support regional skills and traditions... Local materials have less embodied energy from transport. Local materials are often easier to repair and maintain. Local materials boost local economies... And most importantly Local materials connect you to the resources around you. You become one with your environment..... And this has been the foundation of sustainable societies.... Like forever. - BUILD WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

12.01.2022 All our custom bench tops are handmade to order - choose your colours - choose your shape - all made from construction waste - freight all over Aus... Build with what you’ve got See more

05.01.2022 Slippin’ in Summer - . These were the first Waste T’s we ever made. They were for Botanic festival at the Brissie Botanic Gardens for an exhibition curated by @uapcompany. -... A year later #WasteTerrazzo is going off and @uapcompany is generously letting us hijack some extra floor space in their shed while figure out how to grow our Waste Terrazzo world. - Full credit to @hunter_ecc from our team who did the grunt work on these first slabs and continues to be the most prolific Waste Terrazzo artist we could ever dream off. - - -