are homeless and more than a billion live in insufficient accommodations. At least 600
million people live in accommodations which are perilous or harmfull to health. These
numbers are bound to elevate because of climate change, environmental disasters
and over all trouble spots. It is the idea 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 activatable raw material is started.
Promoting ecological awareness
The Ocean Dome’ art sculpture by Markus Heinsdorff has been erected in the
Greenpoint urban park in Cape Town to showcase sustainable use of resources. The
permanent installation consists of gabions forming a round tower and filled with about
10 000 bottles, fishing nets, fishing lines and other plastic waste from the Atlantic
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