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PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Opportunity

Motivated by the idea of play as a way of inspiring people to be aware of environmental sustainability issues. A once overlooked rubbish collection unit can now be transformed into engaging and delightful street furniture. These approaches are designed to enhance the experience of interacting with urban furniture, with the goal of encouraging more active attitudes from people formerly partaking passively in a relatively insignificant activity. In particular, it tackles the problem of littering by associating the act of rubbish disposal with a fun and rewarding activity. The act of putting rubbish into a bin is turned into a game, where a piece of rubbish is mapped to an interaction within a game world displayed on a computer-controlled screen surrounding the bin.

Sencity | ARUP | VIVID Sydney Light Festival
Role: Product Design
Key Responsibilities

Research and development
Prototype design & assembly
Testing & programming
Marketing & exposure

Reminiscent of 8-bit era video games, TetraBIN allows you and other players to collaboratively control light blocks on the ‘screen’ to play Tetris. The pattern of these blocks is affected by the size and shape of your litter, as well as by the timing of your act of disposal. Users can drop the rubbish into the bin and the pieces will stack just like the game of tetris.

Depositing of rubbish into a bin, which is normally seen as a passive act requiring minimum thought is given importance as the participant must drop their rubbish into the bin at the right moment to advance further in the game. This experience of an augmented reality in which actions in the real world affect the virtual world lead the participant to consider environmental issues facing the city, specifically the collection and management of waste.

Digital fabrication modal

TetraBin needed a lighting system that could be programmable and flexible around a curved surface. We worked with Media Facade to find the right product for our needs.
We used sensors fitted to the inside to track and position rubbish placed into the bin with low fidelity LED matrix on the exterior of the bin to display where each ‘block’ is located. We chose the model C18 from Media Façade as it was:

Programmable
Had a Flexible mesh structure
Was shock resistant
Bright LED but with Low power consumption
Ready-to-go installation attachments available with the product
Can be fitted into our plastic protection sheet after we drilled holes.

Media Facade

TetraBin needed a lighting system that could be programmable and flexible around a curved surface. We worked with Media Facade to find the right product for our needs.
We used sensors fitted to the inside to track and position rubbish placed into the bin with low fidelity LED matrix on the exterior of the bin to display where each ‘block’ is located. We chose the model C18 from Media Façade as it was: