At Heijplaat, an old district of Rotterdam, during the folly festival FollyDock 2007, the SALZIG Design Team created the temporary TEMPLE OF TRASH. The construction consisted of 100 tones of bales with pressed PET bottles.



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Yes I agree, save the earth, don’t throw away plastic or trash, plastic need 100 years released in soil. Become the trash temple more beautifull scenery.
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[...] will draw when they dig this up in 10,000 years: Dutch firm Salzig Design’s “Temple of Trash” is made from 100 tons of PET bottles compacted into rough cubes. The garbage-based pyramid [...]
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[...] In 2007 at the folly festival FollyDock in Rotterdam, the creative designers from SALZIG Design Team have come up with this intriguing Temple of Trash. Located in an old district of Rotterdam, this 7m high, 25m long and 10m wide trash pile consists of 100 tones of PET bottles compacted into rough cubes. The structure, which was meant to inspire recycling to both the casual visitor and the green minded, has now become an attraction serving its purpose with ease. It would be interesting to know how the Temple of Trash will look 1,000 years from now when future generations will dig it up. [via recyclart] [...]
[...] In 2007 at the folly festival FollyDock in Rotterdam, the creative designers from SALZIG Design Team have come up with this intriguing Temple of Trash. Located in an old district of Rotterdam, this 7m high, 25m long and 10m wide trash pile consists of 100 tones of PET bottles compacted into rough cubes. The structure, which was meant to inspire recycling to both the casual visitor and the green minded, has now become an attraction serving its purpose with ease. It would be interesting to know how the Temple of Trash will look 1,000 years from now when future generations will dig it up. [via recyclart] [...]
[...] featured by Recyclart, 2007 Follydock IFCR entry, the ‘Temple of Trash,’ was constructed by the SALZIG Design [...]
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[...] bottles smushed into rough cubes and than stacked like a temple… [via Core77] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this! [...]
[...] bottles smushed into rough cubes and than stacked like a temple… [via [...]
[...] bottles smushed into rough cubes and than stacked like a temple… [via [...]
Looks like Wall-E’s handiwork.
[...] bottles smushed into rough cubes and than stacked like a temple… [via [...]
[...] Während dem FollyDock Festival 2007 in Heijplaat, Rotterdam baute das SALZIG Design Team den “Temple of Trash” aus 100 Tonnen gepresster PET-Flaschen. Via [...]
Por fin un monumento para el siglo XXI!
Touché!