{"id":139076,"date":"2024-02-19T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=139076"},"modified":"2024-02-13T10:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:34:31","slug":"transforming-textiles-into-bricks-fabbrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/transforming-textiles-into-bricks-fabbrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming textiles into bricks: FabBRICK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u201cBeing an architecture student made me look for ways to build differently. So I made different prototypes with different ecological glues and tried different ways of putting the textile in the mold to compress it. Eventually, I came up with a prototype that held up well, reacted well to fire, and held up against moisture, too.\u201d \u00a9Clarisse Merlet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The contributions of traditional construction and manufacturing materials to both environmental and resource crises have led to the emergence of alternatives, initiating a positive future projection. In this article, attention is focused on the brick produced from waste fabrics, FabBRICK, among these innovative materials that can be diversified through various approaches, research, and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FabBRICK was founded by young architect Clarisse Merlet in 2019. However, the idea behind the product lies back to her school years. In 2017, while still an architecture student, she decided to explore alternative building methods after realizing that the construction industry is a polluting and energy-intensive sector. She embarked on this journey by particularly focusing on materials such as plastic bottles, cardboard, or plastic cups that turn into waste after production or use but could be considered as a resource. Through her research, the mismanagement of waste in the textile industry caught her attention, leading her to believe that textile materials could find a place in the construction sector. The fact that cotton serves as a good acoustic and thermal insulator supported the idea of ecological material design that began with this material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FabBRICK collaborates with other businesses to transform their textile waste. Their goal is to raise awareness about the value of recycling waste and challenge companies to reduce their waste. To achieve this, FabBRICK takes textile waste from these businesses, turns it into new design products, and sends them back. This helps the companies see firsthand the amount of waste they generate each year. The goal is to make waste reduction more understandable and encourage positive changes in how companies handle their waste. With this mission, FabBRICK continues to evolve from its initial stages and has a wide collaborative team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is FabBRICK? How is it produced, and what are its usage areas?<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\u00a9 Marie Kalsi Interior Design<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In simple words, FabBRICK is an alternative brick not only used as standalone units and partition walls but also as integrated components in various products such as chairs and tables. Although the shape of the final products varies, these bricks are produced as a result of a meticulously detailed process. The process starts with the discarded clothes coming to a Parisian studio to find a new purpose and carefully sorted by color. Each project becomes a collaborative venture with the customer, who selects from a range of approximately ten different sizes and hues. Notably, the studio abstains from conventional dyeing methods, relying on the inherent colors of the textiles themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The narrative progresses as textiles undergo shredding, producing fibers in three distinct shapes \u2013 7mm, 20mm, and 40mm \u2013 chosen based on the unique requirements of each project. A crucial phase introduces the crafting of 100% ecological glue, meticulously mixed by hand with the fibers to ensure uniform density in each resulting brick. The process continues with manually incorporating the glue-fiber mixture into a patented machine, activating a 30-minute compression process within the mold. Post-production, the bricks undergo a patient drying period of 10 to 15 days in ambient air. After drying the bricks continue to become the desired product. Currently, FabBRICK offers services in different\u00a0models<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wall covering:<\/strong> FabBRICK serves with handmade coating products measuring 20 x 10 x 2.5 cm. With its collaborations with various stores and brands, it not only creates a different atmosphere in the interior, but also emphasizes the utilization and potential of waste textile products.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kilo Shop: 90 kg of recycled textiles to create a wall in the brand\u2019s colors in the staircase of their new boutique on Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris. \u00a9 FabBRICK<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Collaborations to utilize waste:\u00a0<\/strong>In addition to product sales and marketing, one of the services offered by FabBRICK is also to procure the textile waste required for the product and project from the collaborating brand through collaborations. In this way, the brand shows its sensitivity in taking steps to utilize the remaining fabrics, and also benefits economically when it cooperates to use it in its projects.<\/p>\n\n\n

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FabBRICK x Decathlon: For the French sports article brand Decathlon, FabBRICK recycled more than 200 kg of their production scrap, in order to create mobile acoustic partitions for their new workspace in Lille. \u00a9 FabBRICK<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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\u00a9 FabBRICK<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Furniture and design products<\/strong>: With recycled textiles, FabBRICK offers various design products for interiors. From lamps to tables, seats to decorative objects, FabBRICK has an e-shop available for individual purchases with the desired texture and design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About FabBRICK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Due to their acoustic and thermal insulation properties, these bricks have begun to be produced with the hope of becoming an alternative building material, as well as being used as interior wall separators and wall cladding. Its use as a structural material is still in the development stage. FabBRICK, which started these missions as one of the alternative approaches that have increased as a result of waste and resource crises in many areas where the sector contributes, has the goal of expanding the area they serve without giving up regional resources and energy use by upgrading the manufacturing process. In order to do this, they have adopted the vision of establishing FabBRICK factories in different regions and disseminating their products and approaches by utilizing the textile waste that is abundant in each region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFabBRICK can be developed worldwide, the reason being that unfortunately, fast fashion is everywhere, so we can always be close to a source of textile waste.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   While she was a student in architecture,  Clarisse Merlet, founder of FabBRICK, notices how much construction is a polluting and energy-intensive industry, so she decides to find a way to built differently , especially with the use of raw material wastes such as plastic bottles, cardboard or plastic cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, Clarisse figured out that textile industry was poorly considered regarding recycling this material which has relevant properties in the area of construction knowing that cotton is considered as a powerful thermal and acoustic insulator. Then she had the idea of re-using discarded clothes by making it an innovative raw material.\u00a0Based on the characteristics of the recovered textiles, she designs an ecological building material both thermal and acoustic insulator. Based on the characteristics of the recovered textiles, she designs an ecological building material both thermal and acoustic insulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, she presented her research and her first prototype to the FAIRE contest. She was one of the winners and will be supported by the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in the development of this brick. Since then, FabBRICK has become the leading design agency for textile upgrading, employing a dozen people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We help companies with dealing and re using their textile waste. We would like to make people aware of the opportunity recycling waste represents as well as challenging those who produce the waste. To achieve this goal, we send companies the textile waste they produce back, after having transformed it into design products or interior fittings, so that they can realise how much waste they produce each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We would like to upgrade our manufacturing process \u2013 as today it is an artisanal one \u2013 and lead towards an industrial method of production while maintaining local and regional set ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we can provide all our materials and tools to our clients in a radius of 100 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we would like to set up a FabBRICK<\/strong> factory in every region and country which produce textile waste. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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