MATERIALS AND GARBAGE ARCHTECTURE: EMERGENCY OR POTENTIALITY?

In the last ten years, the so-called "garbage architecture" has been often used to build temporary structures, or however to cover housing emergencies after natural disasters, especially in those Countries and/or areas in the world where using traditional building materials becomes extremely onerous, if not inaccessible. It is in these cases that waste becomes a resource and potentiality. Instead in those Countries where garbage is in excess, it becomes a social criticality to solve. This scientific contribution aims at a different approach to the problem, starting with what can be considered domestic waste which is more difficult to dispose of, conveying it to secondary raw material for the construction industry. In fact, the current study has started with the process analysis of selection and transformation of the main materials differentiated in the Solid Urban Garbage Collection such as, glass and plastics, and to check which ones were to be incinerated, therefore with disposal costs. Probably the international comparison in which Italy has been called on about being a smart community capable of transforming into strength what is weakness today, with greater respect on the sustainability and the environment-friendliness of the products. The proposal put forward by this contribution, should also present considerations on smart innovations themes linked to architecture topics and the materials connected to it.