Recycled plastic to performative urban furniture

Critical changes in technology are improving communication and increasing connection goes between devices and with their surroundings. Humans increasingly expect to communicate with their devices and tools. The term “smart” has come to refer to anything that can interact with “others.” In-teractivity between devices, with users and with nature gives humans more opportunity. In contrast to recent research on developing interactive urban furniture focusing on recreational use of human computer interaction, this paper presents an empirical study that describes how smart mechanisms can be built for improving the performance of public spaces by 3D printing from recycled plastic.