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ocean dome
2015 Green Point Park, Cape Town, South Africa

Permanent installation made of 50 gabions (metal baskets), which are stacked like bricks in the form of a round tower and filled with plastic waste. Western Cape, Cape Town (Atlantic Ocean), consists of 10 000 bottles, fishing nets, fishing lines and other plastic materials. The material in the gabions with 30 cm depth and 1 sqm of size fills a facade area of ​​50 sqm. 2m thick steel sheets, which are galvanized and folded several times.

Realized with the support of the Bavarian State Chancellery and the Free State of Bavaria

Cooperation: City of Cape Town's Environmental Resource Management Department (ERMD)
Paul Carew, PJC Carew Consulting, Cape Town, South Africa
Rothfuss, Gabions, Hemmingen / Stuttgart, Germany

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1: Installation of gabions
2: Interior lighting of ocean by night
3: Plastic waste on the Atlantic Ocean
in Western Cape

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 wastewater as construction material for innovative low-cost buildings.

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 presented at one of the global hotspots.

At the same time the installation takes on 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 wants to be a symbol of how our resources are being used. On the one hand it provides opportunity to experiment with architecture, low-cost material and plants. On the other hand its purpose is to promote ecological awareness. The house is a design object and wants to include technical innovations and architectural features.

Worldwide there are more than 100 million people homeless and more than a billion live in bad accommodations. At least 600 million people live in accommodations which are perilous or harmful to health. These numbers are bound to elevate because of climate change, environmental disasters and trouble spots in general. Therefore the idea is to use cheap or cost-free waste like recycling material for innovative, attractive and eco-friendly low-cost accommodations / buildings. Instead of burying or burning the materials after floods, earthquakes or storms, a cycle with reusable raw material is started.

 

 

 


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