Shelf Life proposes a reimagined landfill in the M4H district, an emerging fashion district near Marconiplein, Rotterdam, as a final place of production for all garments at the end of their life. In 2040, The fashion industry shifted from a linear economy to a circular economy, maximizing value through reuse and recycling. However, even with extended lifespans, there will always be waste and leftovers; clothes that can no longer be repurposed end up in landfills. The goal of this contribution is to expand the textile's shelf life, by turning end-of-life textile into material for the construction industry and closing the loop in the fashion circular economy.

This contribution incorporates an infrastructure for textile collection networks that collects used textiles from consumers and distributors, as well as a landfill building that has a space to display end-of-life textiles and a space to remanufacture textile waste into cladding material. The building, constructed from reclaimed bricks from the demolished building in the M4H district, serves as a material depot designed for disassembly. The brick walls are cut into modules that fit onto the facade, allowing them to be mounted or demounted to reclaim materials used in the construction process. This contributes to the goal of complete circularity in the fashion industry and addresses fashion products that already circulate in the market and will inevitably become waste. The landfill participates in the "Clothes the Loop'' certification program by Fashion House Rotterdam, which certifies new cladding material that has been created using discarded textiles.