Zero Waste

According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), the building construction industry reported an average waste generation rate of about 4.3 lb/ft².  600 million tons of construction and demolition debris was generated in the United States in 2018, which is more than twice the amount of generated municipal solid waste.

Bye.By.Burnside explores a design process minimizing construction waste. With 4x8 plywood sheets, one of the most used building materials, cut patterns to reconstruct a wall is developed in similar way of making a puzzle. Somewhere in between digital and manual process of pattern making, each cut patterns are designed without generating scraps.