With the building industry following a strong pace, the use of pure quarried Maltese stone has reduced drastically. However, there has been a strong increase in this being dumped as construction refuse. With the aims of this type of stone not being lost, Malta University has developed a form of this stone being recycled to be used as an alternative to bricks and concrete being used today in order to make this stone available on the market.

This room is the first-ever to be built from this recycled quarried stone following ten years of research led by Professor Spiridione Buhagiar and architect Franco Montesin at Malta University.

Currently studies are ongoing to ascertain whether other discarded construction material may also be recycled.