Connectivity People-connectivity is enhanced by the central street ( atrium ). Apart from the areas where rational fire or acoustic design required the atrium to be enclosed in a few places , it mainly allows the free movement of building occupants on each level . Hence , informal connections can occur among building occupants and their visitors .
Eco-Bricks The Ridge has embraced the concept of dematerialisation whereby the usage of fewer materials - compared to a conventional design solution - lowers the environmental footprint of
the building . The project has sequestered plastic waste collected from a variety of sources and encapsulated this in the building core in the form of ‘ eco-bricks ’.
These ‘ eco-bricks ’ are made from polyethylene terephthalate ( PET ) plastic bottles . The bottles are filled to a constant density with waste plastics , which include chip packets , candy wrappings , shopping bags and waste generated on site .
Mark Noble , Development Director at the V & A Waterfront says : “ Often builders incorporate void-forming materials into concrete slabs . These are much lower weight than concrete . They are sometimes made of expanded polystyrene ( EPS ).
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