I have searched for the social problem of excessive food packaging. The use of plastic packaging brings convenience to people. However, the excessive use of plastic has significantly impacted the earth's environment. Even some scientists reported that they found microplastics in our digestive system and blood vessels. As with all the harm caused by plastic, overuse of plastic packaging is still common to see. The concept of my spatial design is talked about from the three senses of the human body, vision, auditory and feeling. It is an experience to help people to understand the hazard of the overuse of plastic. Visitors can experience everything by themselves through different steps.
Apparatus Experience
There are three apparatus devices placed for visitors. It is in a room with all glass walls around it. When people enter the room, they become a part of this design.
Auditory Wall
Some noises are recorded from plastic packages, such as plastic bags, boxes or bottles. People can hear it from headphones. And the audio is visualised and painted on the wall.
Wind Tunnel
The semitransparent rubric covers the surface. The fan is installed on the ground. When it is turned on, the plastic will be blown into the air in the wind tunnel. It simulated a scene of a future world in which plastic pollution could not be controlled. Imagine the plastic flying through the skies.
The Site Plan
There are three parts to the whole site. The first one is the wind tunnel. It is the visual part for visitors. The second part is the apparatus experience. It is open for visitors to experience the apparatus. The last part is an auditory wall.
Apparatus Design
The apparatus is affected in our blood. It is connected with blood vessels through the soft pipes. And the hemispheroid can suck blood from the body to the filter. Then the cleaning fluid can clean microplastics from the blood and rebuild the plastic to form new hemispheroids. The hemisphere is designed like a tumour colonising the human body. The idea is that waste plastic gets bigger, just like a tumour that people can't get rid of.
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