What if a car were never meant to stay a car?

Living Form, Lasting Purpose

What if a car were never meant to stay a car? For GREEN-HOUSE 2025, that question took shape as a life-sized Mercedes-Benz G-Class made from 40,531 discarded plastic bottles. But the story did not end there.

Created as part of Mercedes-Benz's Engineered for Impact showcase, the installation was designed not only as a statement piece, but as a demonstration of what sustainable design can become. After the festival, it was disassembled into 25 modular furniture pieces, proving that waste, when designed with intention, can take on new life again and again.

Designing with ReEDIT Lab

For Mercedes-Benz, the G-Class is a legacy of performance. For Hong Kong studio ReEDIT Lab, it became a question of material legacy — what happens when an icon is reimagined through waste?

"This isn't just recycling. It's a re-calibration of value. Each colourful flake holds the potential for a structural revolution."

The team developed a custom modular system, with each piece designed to bear weight, connect seamlessly, and express beauty through reclaimed material. Every failed print became a data point. Every stress test helped shape a new material language.

From Hand to Reef, with WASTD

With Singapore studio WASTD, we created something visitors could take home: a BYO bottle holder, each crafted from locally collected plastic and personalised with its owner's initials. 100% of proceeds went to the Garden City Fund's 100K Corals Initiative.

GREEN-HOUSE 2025

For the third year running, Mercedes-Benz takes centre stage at GREEN-HOUSE 2025, designed not just to be seen but to be reimagined.

"At Mercedes-Benz, excitement isn't just about performance — it's about purpose."

Visitors were drawn to its familiar form, but stayed to understand the material story behind it — a large-scale example of circular design and upcycled materials in action.

"GREEN-HOUSE 2025 is where we come together with the community to show how luxury can evolve responsibly. Through regenerative design and collaborations with like-minded partners, we're not just imagining the future — we're driving it."