African project:
Ocean Dome
The sustainable use of resources, the reduction and reuse has become one
of the most important topics worldwide. With this project – a cooperation
between Bavaria and Western Cape – innovative possibilities will be shown
at one of the global hotspots.
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ectangular steel baskets – so called gabions with 30cm depth – will
be filled with recyclables, in this case plastic waste from the Atlantic
Ocean, collected at Cape Town’s beaches, layered like bricks and
interconnected like a cylinder with 4.5m height and 4m width.
Circumferentially visible the different types of plastics, colors and
shapes are formed to an object tower. Plastic waste in the seas and
rivers is a worldwide phenomenon. An accompanying workshop and
exhibition addresses the topic of “pollution of the seas through plastic”
and experiments with the use of the resource waste as construction
material for innovative low-cost buildings. At the same time, the
installation takes up the topics of low-cost, urbanization and environment.
As an eye-catcher it also illustrates new building techniques for low-cost construction
by the way recycling material is used. The building will be a symbol of how our
resources can be used. On the one hand, it provides an opportunity to experiment
with architecture, low-cost material and plants and on the other hand its purpose is
to promote ecological awareness. This house, being a design object and work of art,
will contain technical Innovations and architectural features such as shade provision
and natural air conditioning. Worldwide there are more than 100 million people who
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