PLASTIC FANTASTIC

"Self-assembly is the autonomous organization of components into patterns or structures without human intervention. Self-assembling processes are common throughout nature and technology. They involve components from the molecular (crystals) to the planetary (weather systems) scale and many different kinds of interactions. The concept of self assembly is used increasingly in many disciplines, with a different flavor and emphasis in each."

George M. Whitesides, 2009

As new self-assembling protocell technologies are developed and used to trap and bind suspended plastics in the Oceans, mainly The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, tighter regulations on CO2 emissions force plastic manufacturers to eventually cease production and focus exclusively on collecting and recycling used plastics. This creates an economic stimulus by which plastic becomes a scarce and valuable material. The folating islands created by the plastic binding in The Patch turn into plastic mining settlements, a new citiy-state, a micro-nation that becomes the world's main raw plastic supplier.

Plastic Fantastic is a speculative architectural construct that is born from the discarded materials from the rest of the world. A conceptual ecology where properties become metaphorical and reality is marginal, that aims to create a stimulus for discourse and discussion.