It turns out that in Indonesia, and quite possibly elsewhere too, such blocks made out of sanitary products and the blocks are used to build houses. Somehow the HEALTHhurdles are overcome and people in need of houses/homes get safe and apparently affordable HOMEplaces.
The technology is very simple and likewise it'd be simple to upscale to a level of mass production.
"And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention" ... Aristotle
Paper/cellulose
An artist is currently challenging himself to make paper bricks out of any non-sanitary paper that passes through his hands. Of course he says ""I’m using paper faster than I’m making it". These bricks will continue to accumulate, serving as a visual representation of ‘actual paper waste acquired by one individual’ in their thesis exhibit. The symbolic gesture and actual labor involved in making bricks out of waste is strong evidence that we are far from being a ‘paperless society'.
Once the exhibition closes, the handmade bricks will serve as alternative fiber material for on-the-road papermaking workshop..
While non-archival, they make nearly all of their visual artwork out of recycled paper. Papermaking mechanisms have facilitated an increasing interest in deconstruction and reconstruction.
In recycling salvaged found material or re-energizing abandoned artworks, they work to piece incomplete and isolated parts into a larger whole. I’m interested in the scraps, the threads and the shreds.
And the shit that sits on my studio floor. The collection of grit and grime and the dust that clogs their eyes becomes materials for a visual language. In looking at ‘broken’ things, they say "I see all sorts of things. Because it’s not fixed my mind tries to fix it, find place for it, save it, heal it. As a maker, I am a huge proponent of repurposed materials. For me, ‘sustainable’ means “working with what I’ve got and making from what I know.”
https://builtoffsite.com.au/news/modular-blocks/
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