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Five mile radius

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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21.01.2022 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.

21.01.2022 Only a few days till the @deezen.offical awards shortlists and a few months till the @thedesignfiles awards We’re super proud that #wasteterrazzo is being so well received. Thanks everyone for the love and for helping us divert over 11 tons of construction waste this year (and rising) -

20.01.2022 Sundays spent meandering between the Northey Street Markets and Farm via the newly established pocket park. The redevelopment of the Northey Street bathroom precinct is seen as the opportunity to open up the mouth of the farm, and create spaces to dwell under the canopy of existing trees. - -

19.01.2022 Levelling off at #jellway_threehouse - We’re mounting a permanent Waste Terrazzo on a sloped paved landscape with a surrounding cluster of Telegraph Stools. -

18.01.2022 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 First shots of #fmrhikkaduwa, pro bono pavilion designed last year along with 12 students for @griffith_architecture. This is our first building using compressed earth block, sourced from a backyard factory in Central Sri Lanka. Covid delayed construction onsite however the roof is now on and the interiors well underway!.

15.01.2022 That floor though - Our waste terrazzo table photographed at home by @navarreting on her very VERY beautiful ceramic tile floor. - -... - #eastbrisbane #craft #wasteterrazzo #brisbaneconcrete #concretecountertops #concretejungle #concretefurniture #concretetable #concreteaustralia #terrazzoaustralia #terrazzobenchtop #recycledconcrete #furnituredesign #closedloopdesign #recycled #closingtheloop #wasteisaresource #waste #madefromwaste #reducereuserecycle #ciruclareconomy #recycledproducts #madeinbrisbane #brisbanemade #brisbanefurniture #australianfurniture #madeinaustralia #shopsmall #shoplocal #locallymade See more

14.01.2022 Worthy of the double handed cloth technique - Final touches on a special 1.2m diameter outdoor table now in a garden in Ashgrove. .

14.01.2022 Brisbane’s new street furniture, made from waste We partnered with the @brisbanecitycouncil to reimagine the manufacturing of their ‘urban stools’ so they could be entirely made from waste concrete. All our concrete was sourced as over pour from construction sites in brisbane. There are now five of these at the Sunnybank Village Precinct Project. ... Big love BCC. We’re thinking all new concrete street furniture in Brisbane should follow suit ? @brisbanecity council @sunnybankvillage #sunnybankvillage #Brisbane #viewsofbrisbane Brisbane City Council (2021) The artwork (text inlay and gobo projection ) is part of the series Journey to Oasis (2020) by Sebastian Moody.

14.01.2022 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. - - -

12.01.2022 We’ve replaced @florence.camp.hill’s hardworking umbrella stand with a custom #WasteTerrazzo number .... Go sip lattes and try to blow it over. #augustwinds #doubledecker #25kgweight

11.01.2022 How the magic happens - Talk to us about the waste you’d like in your #wasteterrazzo surface. All our sales are helping us work towards diverting more resources from landfill

11.01.2022 Ava good one - P.S How cute is this one that went out this week. Naww.. Sa cute. X - @ Five mile radius

10.01.2022 A FREAKISH LOCALITY - 'To the casual traveler, Dinmore Presents itself as a little village with a colliery and a brickworks. But as the old saying has it, there is far more beneath the surface than one would guess'. - The clay deposits where @claypave factory has operated for 140 years are like no where else... - Understand your resources. Build with what you've got. Long live @claypave @ Claypave Pty Ltd See more

09.01.2022 Waste Terrazzo has been shortlisted for @thedesignfiles awards under Sustainable Design or Initiative! *Proud team moment* after 18 months spent bringing our construction waste surface to life! - THANKS @thedesignfiles !!... - AND AMAZING SHORTLISTED FRIENDS @adamcornishdesign @junglefyourcities @dale.hardiman @stephen_royce_design @doweljones @softservestudio @sussextaps @goodcitizens_official @seedandsproutco @koalaeco @sustainaustralia @commune_and_co @five_mile_radius @returnr @wmrecycled - - - - #wasteterrazzo #designfiles @tdf #tdfdesignawards #brisbaneconcrete #concretecountertops #concretejungle #concretefurniture #concretetable #concreteaustralia #terrazzoaustralia #terrazzobenchtop #recycledconcrete #furnituredesign #closedloopdesign #recycled #closingtheloop #wasteisaresource #waste #madefromwaste #reducereuserecycle #ciruclareconomy #recycledproducts #madeinbrisbane See more

09.01.2022 Beach Plastic - We’re working on a very special run of Waste Terrazzos made using beach plastic washed up on the shores of #Minijerribah QLD - These tables will be used in the new QYAC Minjerribah Ganaba Centre at Dunwich designed by @reddogarchitect... - Much love and thanks to the wonderful Carmichael family (Glynnie!) for your work collecting this colourful bounty ans saving it from our beautiful shores. - !! Say no to plastic !! - #wasteterrazzo #beachplastic #beachdebris #fmrqyac #wasteterrazzo #brisbaneconcrete #concretecountertops #concretejungle #concretefurniture #concretetable #concreteaustralia #terrazzoaustralia #terrazzobenchtop #recycledconcrete #furnituredesign #closedloopdesign #recycled #closingtheloop #wasteisaresource #waste #madefromwaste #reducereuserecycle #ciruclareconomy #recycledproducts #madeinbrisbane #brisbanemade #brisbanefurniture #australianfurniture #madeinaustralia #shopsmall See more

08.01.2022 What Next? - We’re architects and our aim has always been to upscale our furniture work to building components. - Architects, Designers, Builders and Suppliers - What #wasteterrazzo building component do you want us to tackle next?... Comment, DM or email [email protected] - Pavers Blocks Tiles Splashbacks World domination - See more

08.01.2022 Pretty cute - Lil’ Théo with his mama @vers_vert on a custom #wasteterrazzo slab..... - @piccolomondogelato ... @rebabrammer See more

06.01.2022 PARTY or CHILL - We use a range of demolition waste in the surface of our #wasteterrazzo slabs. So you can go bold and colourful... ..or not. - -... - via @artedomus @thefoundrystudios @claypave @callie_marshall - - - - - See more

06.01.2022 Friends our waste terrazzo EOFY Sale end today. Go on... save some concrete from the skip! - - - -... - @callie_marshall - - - - - -#wasteterrazzo #brisbaneconcrete #concretecountertops #concretejungle #concretefurniture #concretetable #concreteaustralia #terrazzoaustralia #terrazzobenchtop #recycledconcrete #furnituredesign #closedloopdesign #recycled #closingtheloop #wasteisaresource #waste #madefromwaste #reducereuserecycle #ciruclareconomy #recycledproducts #madeinbrisbane #brisbanemade #brisbanefurniture #australianfurniture #madeinaustralia #shopsmall #shoplocal #locallymade #australianarchitecture #australianinteriordesign See more

06.01.2022 FREE THE TREE - New design work for @northeystreetcityfarm . The removal of an existing public bathroom makes space for a new larger facility to the east while creating a tree lined concourse into the farm. The entrance connects to the new Windsor Park opposite. Established trees, currently shielded by the existing bathroom fence, are released, with new public and private spaces offering a multitude of ways to experience the tree. @ Northey Street City Farm

05.01.2022 We get a few questions..... - Our name is taken from a challenge set by the great Indian ledge Mahatma Gandhi. Understanding the social, cultural, economic and environmental benefits, he asked his countrymen to build from materials found within a ‘five mile radius’ of their homes. As young architects trained in commercial studios, we were used to specifying materials from all over the world. When we first heard Gandhi’s simple ethos... it was actually kind of mind blowing..... We realise that five mile’s within the density of India is very different from the five mile’s within the expanse of Australia. The goal of Five Mile Radius is simply to explore the premise, using an area’s resources and traditions as a driver for design. Materials might not come from within five miles but they certainly don’t need to come from within 5000. #buildwithwhatyougot #golocal #metricsystem

04.01.2022 Friends our waste terrazzo EOFY Sale end today. Go on... save some concrete from the skip! - - -

04.01.2022 We’re feeling fancy - Five Mile will adopt all offcuts of non-corrosive metals for our #Wasteterrazzo bling edit. Brass bolts ?? Fabulous

03.01.2022 Angled mirrors, bordered in plants reflect neighbouring gardens. A safe and accessible outdoor courtyard providing individual connections to nature. - - - @northeystorganicmarket @northeystreetcityfarm @ Northey Street City Farm

03.01.2022 Urban furniture prototypes for @brisbanecitycouncil. Tropical colours recall the adjacent site of the #Sunnybank Oasis, closed in 1989.

01.01.2022 Did ya know ~~ Concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth after water. ~~If the cements industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter surpassed only by China and the US. ~~ Concrete uses almost a 10th of the world’s industrial water use -... As architects, we understand how important concrete is to sheltering mankind however we also know we require innovation at every step of the supply chain. - The concrete in our Waste Terrazzo is sourced from building sites when more wet concrete is supplied than required. At present, builders often have no choice but to dump this excess on site or into landfill. We’re working on ways to scale up this approach, to divert more concrete from landfill and make sure we use every last drop! See more

01.01.2022 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