Schoolroom built with recycled newspapers
TAIPEI (REUTERS) Canadian-born John Lamorie and his Taiwanese wife, Shelly Wu, used more than 1,000 kg of newspapers, many collected from students who would turn them over for points in class, to build the 75 sq-meter schoolhouse.
After getting the idea from visiting friends, Lamorie said he built a blender using a truck bed and a lawnmower blade. Into it he fed newspapers, water and cement to form what he calls “Papercrete,” the backbone of his six-inch thick school walls.
The schoolhouse’s walls are coated with a silicone coating to guard against rain damage. The school can accommodate about 16 students.
via Artdaily.org – The First Art Newspaper on the Net.
