Given the recent debate regarding the transition to the Circular Economy, Design for Modularity strategies play a decisive role in the process of transforming the current economic model from linear to circular. By describing some recently developed modular product case studies, this article intends to outline the considerations developed in the field of design culture for sustainability, on the concept of modularity. In recent years, this has shifted from the industrial logic of ‘making to unmake’, namely designing modular and disassemblable products mainly to recycle their end-of-life materials, to the logic of ‘making to remake’, to increase their circularity and durability, thereby making them reusable, repairable and remanufacturable. The objective of this contribution is to re-examine the concept of ‘modularity’ in the Circular Economy scenario, as a strategic design lever to extend the useful life of industrial products.
Alla luce del recente dibattito sulla transizione verso l’Economia Circolare le strategie di Design for Modularity assumono un ruolo determinante nel processo di trasformazione dell’attuale modello economico da lineare a circolare. Attraverso la descrizione di alcuni casi-studio di prodotti modulari, recentemente sviluppati, l’articolo intende tratteggiare la riflessione, sviluppatasi nell’ambito della cultura del design per la sostenibilità, sul concetto di modularità che, negli ultimi anni, è passata dalla logica industriale del ‘fare per disfare’, ovvero, concepire prodotti modulari e disassemblabili soprattutto per riciclarne i materiali a fine vita, alla logica del ‘fare per rifare’, al fine di incrementare la loro circolarità e durabilità, rendendoli riutilizzabili, riparabili e rifabbricabili. L’obiettivo del contributo è riesaminare il concetto di ‘modularità’ nello scenario dell’Economia Circolare, quale leva strategica progettuale per allungare la vita utile dei prodotti industriali.
MODULAR DESIGN TOWARDS THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. From ‘making to unmake’ to ‘making to remake’
Lucia Pietroni;Alessandro Di Stefano;Daniele Galloppo
2023-01-01
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Given the recent debate regarding the transition to the Circular Economy, Design for Modularity strategies play a decisive role in the process of transforming the current economic model from linear to circular. By describing some recently developed modular product case studies, this article intends to outline the considerations developed in the field of design culture for sustainability, on the concept of modularity. In recent years, this has shifted from the industrial logic of ‘making to unmake’, namely designing modular and disassemblable products mainly to recycle their end-of-life materials, to the logic of ‘making to remake’, to increase their circularity and durability, thereby making them reusable, repairable and remanufacturable. The objective of this contribution is to re-examine the concept of ‘modularity’ in the Circular Economy scenario, as a strategic design lever to extend the useful life of industrial products.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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