MA C2: Material + Artifact Effectiveness: Full Life Cycle Design for Durability, Adaptability, Flexibility

(1-4 points)

INTENT

Encourage resilient product life cycles through the design of products that can be readily adapted to changing circumstances without extensive modifications.

STRUCTURE + COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS

Identify an appropriate service lifetime and align durability with the potential for recyclability, reusability, deconstructability and reparability.

Select products and design assemblies that exhibit a combination of at least three of the following properties during their use phase:

• High degree of serviceability + reparability
• High degree of wear resistant and/or hides scuffs
• Construction has strong joints and reinforcing
• Gains character with wear and weather
• Timeless, classic aesthetics 
• Loose fit and/or modular flexibility + adaptability
• Movable, scalable or convertible
• Upgradable

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