PRINZ EISENHERZ – A public waste collector
Jonas D. Reissinger
Student
Jonas D. Reissinger Academic staff
Klaus Hackl Maria Cristina Addis Secil Ugur Yavuz Course
Mind the Gap…! Program
BA Major Design Semester
2021/22 WS “Prinz Eisenherz” is a tall and narrow waste bin designed for Bolzano Station (plastic, paper, residual, and cigarette waste), making use of the vertical space by stacking (re)moveable and rotatable internal compartments to facilitate both user and service staff interaction with the object, while adapting to the narrow platform space it inhabits.
A project made in the course
Mind the Gap…!
Ideas for a better quality of stay at Bolzano Station. Much is said about train stations. They are operating facilities and built ideology, a stop for public transport and cargo terminal, a showpiece of their city and a gateway to the world, an infrastructure hub and mobility-system component, a cathedral of the industrial age and shopping mall, a place of longing and Non-Place, a welcome home and a kiss goodbye. Based on our extensive field research and starting from a growing awareness of the ecological benefits of rail travel as well as the changing socio-cultural conditions – triggered by COVID-19 – the semester project focused entirely on the public user interface of Bolzano Station.
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