The students in Louise Harpman’s “Architecture and Urban Design LAB” course build a structure out of discarded single-use plastic water bottles.
Bottleneck: A Zero-Waste Pavilion
![Illustration of four plastic bottles, each with a written message inside](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_1.jpg)
![Photograph of students at work on constructing the "Bottleneck" structure](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_2.jpg)
![Photograph showing a closeup of one section of the structure, and its shadows against a plain white wall](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_3.jpg)
![Collage of six photos each showing part of the "Bottleneck" sculpture from above](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_4.jpg)
![Photograph of two students lying on the floor, looking up at the walls of the "Bottleneck" structure](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_5.jpg)
![Photograph of the bottleneck structure from its entrance; inside a bright pink poster with the project name rests on a table](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_6.jpg)
![Illustration of four plastic bottles, each with a written message inside](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_1.jpg)
!["Bottleneck" logo](https://confluence.gallatin.nyu.edu/assets/Louise-Harpman_Bottleneck_Portfolio_Arts_7.jpg)
“Bottleneck” was created in Professor Louise Harpman’s Spring 2019 Arts Workshop, “Architecture and Urban Design LAB.”
The participating students were Alisha Aggarwal, Michael Brittenham, Louisa Chang, Lily Cohen, Emily Gordin, Parker Hollingsworth, Sophia Isidore, Wooseup Jeon, Eduardo Logemann de Almeida, Kylie McManus, Shaun Montero, Nunnapat “Spencer” Ratanavanh, Arvind Sindhwani, Clay Sisson, and Teresa Wang.
The pavilion was originally displayed in the Jerry and Wendy Labowitz Lounge, as part of the NYCxDesign Festival, in May 2019.