SUSTAINABILITY HAS TO BE STANDARDIZED METTE BAK-ANDERSEN

摘要

Q: What is the ambition for the new materials library? A: "First of all, to help us acquire new knowledge about materials. We would also like for our students to have hands-on experience with the materials and learn enough about them to begin to experiment. Hands-on experience with various materials makes it easier to grasp the cradle-to-cradle idea and to put materials into a new context of sustainability. The Material Design Lab, which the library is a part of, offers a new way of learning about materials and includes The Box, The Lab and The Library. The Box is also a sort of library, albeit a very small one, that focuses exclusively on 'basic materials' such as aluminum, silk fibers, and different kinds of wood. The Lab is a hybrid between a typical design prototyping workshop and a chemistry lab and is a key part of the Material Design Lab because of its practical outlook. It promotes a real hands-on, in-depth understanding of materials. The Library is the materials collection itself, which consists of 1,500 physical material samples and a database of some 7,000 materials."