'Leveraging on sciences to turn waste into high performing products & architectures' by Arthur Huang

Format:

Leveraging on Sciences to turn waste into high performing products & architectures 

Technical Talk by Arthur Huang

45 mins presentation + Q&A

Talk summary:

Every day, millions of tonnes of plastic, glass, cardboard, paper etc. are wasted  -- dumped into landfills or leaked into the oceans -- when they could be transformed and used again as raw materials.

In this technical talk, Arthur Huang will get you thinking about the innovative ideas that can lead towards zero-waste. He will give specific technical examples of his past achievements, e.g. how to successfully turn e-waste into architectural infrastructure, and food waste into biogas, etc. Through sharing his thinking process, Arthur will explain how you can identify opportunities and champion upcycling or circular solutions by reusing waste and other discarded materials.

About Arthur Huang:

Engineer, architect and 2016 National Geographic Emerging Explorer Arthur Huang, is also founder of ‘closed loop’ firm Miniwiz that turns post consumer trash such as discarded plastics, apparel, and even cigarette butts into “high-performance materials” to build everything from sailboats to skyscrapers and consumer goods products. Under Arthur Huang’s leadership, Miniwiz is today a global leader in post-consumer recycling technology through its innovative architectural projects throughout Asia and the rest of the world, such as a project to turn Taipei’s food waste into BioEthanol.

His achievements through Miniwiz include being named Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (2015), creating the Nike Aerostatic Dome in Milan (2014) and IDEA GOLD Award, Chicago, USA (2013), Financial Times’ Earth Award (2010) and The Wall Street Journal’s Asian Innovation Award (2011).

Arthur graduated from Harvard University with a Master’s in architecture, and from Cornell University with a degree in the same field.