MARETECH

Long description

MARETECH project aims to revalue discarded sedimentary materials from the French Atlantic Coast in Design field by using 3D printing technology.

Thus, today, on the French Atlantic coast, natural matters are created through sedimentary processes in the water and reaches the seashore through the tides. There, because of human activities, raw materials are collected and thrown away offshore.

The Craftswoman of the sea, Aurore Piette, develops unique vision of fabrication in order to offer Design applications to these raw matters by getting inspired by Craft and Nature.

With MARETECH, she defines what Craft would look like in a close future by bounding natural materials that characterise her works and emerging technology, 3D printing. Thus, developed in collaboration with 3D printing expert Gianluca Pugliese, LOWPOLY (WASP Hub, Madrid) and experimental architect Dr. Roberto Naboni, CREATE SDU, MARETECH proposes to revalue local discarded materials as modular architectural elements for interior separation wall by using 3D printing as making process.

By choosing 3D Printing, zero waste process, MARETECH follows sustainable leitmotiv: MARETECH values local natural resources and enhances their properties through adaptable fabrication process, leading to relevant functional pieces that embody the origin of the project in their organic design, the Ocean. Thus, local sufficiency is here defined by meeting two innovations: revalued materials and emerging technology.

Rewarded by British Council as Sustainable Maker 2020, MARETECH aims to develop next a Social implementation on its French location, also Aurore Piette would like to apply this making approach as model in different geographic places.

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