source-driven Materials

Reclaimed Pottery Clay
Mineral / Mineral based
Ceramic
23-1000-373-a
Within the studio course work at the University of Hong Kong's Division of Landscape Architecture students were asked to create landscape site models out of …

Soil Trust Yuen Long Compost
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Plant / Plant based
23-1000-352-b
This compost sample is from Soil Trust's test plot in Yuen Long. It is a mixture of decaying organic matter, bokashi and soil that has …

PALMECO MASTER BOARD
Plant / Plant based
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-341-b
Palmeco Master Board is a building material that is composed of palm fibre (collected waste from palm oil plantations in Malaysia).
The material is non-combustible, …

PALMECO GEO-INSULATOR
Plant / Plant based
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-341-a
Palmeco Geo-Insulator was created in collaboration with Nano Advanced Material Institute (NAMI) & Geopolymer Institute and the research was funded by the Hong Kong Innovation …

OOOBJECT ECO-MATERIAL
Animal / Animal based
Plant / Plant based
22-1000-340-a
This collection of material samples is provided by OOOBJECT, a Hong Kong based company that redirects waste byproducts from factories into building products. Materials that …

Chan Chuen Pond Mud
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
21-1000-022-a
The sample was acquired from Prince Edward flower market.

Hui Dong manufactured sand
Mineral / Mineral based
21-1000-021-b
Manufactured sand replicates the process of natural sand formation at vastly faster speeds: rocks are mechanically crushed and grinded into the desired grain size. As …

Hui Dong aggregate (40mm)
Mineral / Mineral based
21-1000-021-a
Manufactured sand replicates the process of natural sand formation at vastly faster speeds: rocks are mechanically crushed and grinded into the desired grain size. As …