Urban Cob

The same question, asked of a wall instead of a pot. Traditional cob is clay, sand, and straw. We keep the clay, already a waste dug from the city, and ask whether the sand and straw can be replaced with local waste.

Crushed glass, glass powder, stone and marble dust in place of sand. Recycled plastic fibre, human hair, and textile offcuts in place of straw.

Unfired, at building scale. This is at a very early stage: results are preliminary and nothing here is ready for construction.