waste-pickers shelter, Bogota Colombia

Competition Finalist for: The Community Prize
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Entry for the "Design it: shelted competition", sponsored by the Guggenheim Museum & Google Sketchup.
designed by alexander niño ruiz
From: Grosuplje, Slovenia
Shelter location: Bogota´s bike paths network, sidewalks, streets and public parks

18,000 families of recyclers collect almost one tenth of the daily waste produced in Bogotá, paradoxically many of them are sheltered by the very waste they collect. Four barril-shaped boxes in corrugated metal solves the equation of serving as a waste container and a easy-to-pull diclycle for them to work and move. Boxes expand rendering a shelter coated in refletive paint to become a visible part of the urban scape.

View video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbDS2lRTiNQ
Download georeferenced model at: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=aadef2d5a28a8e906b43e...

Location

Bogota D.C., Bogota D.C.
Colombia
 
 

The Community Prize

  • Name: The Community Prize
  • Host: Architecture for Humanity
  • Type: Public
  • Registration Deadline: August 23
  • Submission Deadline: August 23
  • Entry Fee: Free
  • Award: $500 plus Moleskine Folio
  • Status:

The competition entry ID for this project is 5541.

 

Project Details

NAME: waste-pickers shelter, Bogota Colombia
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LOCATION: Bogota D.C., Bogota D.C., Colombia
START DATE: August 13, 2009
CURRENT PHASE: Schematic Design
SIZE: 2 sq. m
PROJECT TYPE: Homeless Shelter
DESIGN ARCHITECT: Alexander Niño Ruiz
 

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