Shanghai Pavilion is Built From Recycled CD Cases

Bridgette at Inhabitat is dazzled by the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, being built for the Shanghai World Expo being held next year. Its exterior is made from recycled CD cases (no doubt those counterfeits we usually see pictures of bulldozers going over, plus all the BPA filled polycarbonate bottles they can’t sell). Polycarbonates are thermoplastics that can be heated and reformed, and the architects suggest that when the show is over the whole thing can be melted down again.

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