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Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center by Hiroshi Nakamura is built using waste materials

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Alyn Griffiths | 9 November 2021 7 comments

Architect Hiroshi Nakamura ... https://www.dezeen.com/tag/hiroshi-nakamura-nap/ .. incorporated around 700 windows donated by the local community into the facades of this waste recycling .. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/recycling/ .. facility in the town of Kamikatsu, the first place in Japan .. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/japan/ .. to pass a zero-waste declaration.

The Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center is made predominantly using waste materials and features on the shortlist of the sustainable building category for Dezeen Awards 2021 .. https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2021/shortlists/sustainability/sustainable-building/ .


The Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center in Japan was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Tokyo-based studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP .. https://www.nakam.info/ .. was commissioned by the town of Kamikatsu to design an environmentally friendly facility that encapsulates the community's values as pioneers of waste processing.

In 2003, Kamikatsu became the first municipality in Japan to issue a Zero Waste Declaration, which means that all waste produced by its inhabitants is recycled or reused rather than being sent to landfill or for incineration.

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/09/kamikatsu-zero-waste-center-hiroshi-nakamura-architecture/