Usually when a building/bathroom/shed etc. is being demolished a completely new one takes over its place. This is done without leaving any trace of what has been there before, perhaps a little picture on the wall but that's it. I was interested in using the materials from the old building in the new one.
I was inspired by the terrazzo floors. Although these floors are made from waste produced in the marble mines, they are really decent and have a good quality which you can see and feel. I wanted to find out if we could use our own waste produced when demolishing something.
I did several test with different materials and made a selection of which materials are possible, I used crushed bricks and roof tiles as a pigment. Between 20-30% of new cement is added to bind everything to one solid floor which can last 100th of years.
In the end I made 3 different examples of what it could look like, but basically any combination is possible..

 

 

concept

 

 

inspired by old terrazzo floors

 

 

 

 

 

materials you can use

 

 

 

 

from brick to pigment

 

 

 

materials crushed to pigment

 

 

 

making some small tests

 

 

 

 

different material samples

 

 

sanding the final models

 

 

a little piece of the floor

 

 

 

 

making of a piece of floor