Speakers: Julia Mollner & Molly Esteve
1 AIA LU|HSW Available
“Useful Waste” is a PSU Center for Public Interest Design led initiative that aims to reframe the industry's view on construction waste and encourage material diversion and reuse. The intent of this initiative is to utilize an overlooked material resource – stand-alone construction mock-ups - by repurposing the material and responding to pressing social needs, such as the local housing emergency. Mock-ups are seen as temporary structures and typically end up in the landfill due to lack of pre-planning and immobility. This initiative facilitates a new process of material diversion within the typical construction schedule and requirements.
This presentation focuses on construction waste management workflows to support on-site safety practices, foster equitable access to shelter within under-served communities, and to promote social and physical well-being of users.
Learning Objectives:
To introduce new strategies and standards for stand-alone mockup design.
To understand the process, benefits, and liability of diverting construction waste from new construction projects.
To become familiar with the Useful Waste Initiative process and the Center for Public Interest Design.
To identify construction projects that could divert and repurpose useful materials on small scale design-build projects.
Julia L. Mollner, AIA, CSI, LEED GA
Julia is a Registered Architect in Oregon at Carleton Hart Architecture with a background in architecture and art history. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and a Fellow of Practice at the Center for Public Interest Design (CPID) at Portland State University. Julia’s passion lies at the intersection of community, health, and a collaborative design process that fosters socially responsible, holistic development. Her focus on human-oriented design creates long-lasting relationships with people, and manifests in her affordable housing work. Julia received a BS in Architecture Studies from Washington State University. She attended the University of Cape Town, South Africa and earned her Masters of Architecture from Portland State University. In 2016, she was named a Woman of Vision by the Oregon Journal of Commerce.
Molly Esteve (she/her) is the Design Director for City Repair and teaches at Portland State University’s School of Architecture, where she holds a Master of Architecture. Molly’s work engages counter-narratives and oral history as participatory processes in the creative design of place.