Colombian manufacturing innovation houses with waste tires

Colombian manufacturing innovation houses with waste tires

In the highlands of Colombia, near the capital littered with some small buildings that look "color value is not high," the igloo is actually on the road is the use of waste tire manufacturing innovative houses.

The person in charge of the project is a 35-year-old environmental activist, Alexandra Bo Sala. "These tires are free I come because people deal with these tires is a tricky thing." She told AFP reporters.

"Tire takes several years to break down, and we are providing this opportunity for turning waste into treasure," she said. "If you use them as building materials, they can become durable bricks."

Bo Sala currently Choachi work, which is an area to the east of Bogota, Bogota, an hour's drive away, there are 15,000 people in the city.

From car to car use various models of tractor tires, tires with chains them together to form a strong and resilient circular structure, with good insulation against cold effect, but the rubber enough to withstand the Andes frequent seismic activity.

The bedroom and kitchen houses a circular cement and steel ceiling, living and dining rooms have a flat wooden ceiling.

These ceilings are covered with another tire forming a "almost non-degradable, water-impermeable" roof 柏萨达 said.

While these houses are made with scrap, but they have a unique beauty.

Dome is often painted with bright colors.

Brown wall covered with mortar made with lime and sand, making the walls look like masonry, and insert some colorful glass bottles in old masonry.

柏萨达 also use bottles made of glass skylights to the bedroom, they are vertically into the rugged ceiling, forming a stained glass effect.

"These houses are made of recycled materials, but they are also very unique, ventilation and lighting effects are good," she said.

This is an ingenious solution to the thorny problem.

Colombians tires discarded each year more than 5.3 million, according to official statistics, there are about 1 million tons of rubber pollute the environment.

They are often piles of discarded side of the road, or incineration, the pungent smell of car exhaust mixed seriously affect Bogota - an air quality with 700 million people in large cities.

Alexandra Bo Sala and glass skylight photo

"This is a public space, the environment and landscape aspects huge problem," Environment Ministry official, Francisco Gomez said in response to this question.

Colombia tire manufacturers and importers were asked to recycle only about 35 percent of total national consumption.

Sanitation workers are not responsible for the demolition waste tires because these tires are seen as "special waste."

"Compared with the amount of waste generated, our efforts just drop in the bucket," Gomez said.

Alexandra Bosalati the construction of its own roof tires

Bo Sada far used about 9000 tires create "dome house" of walls, roofs, terraces and stairs.

柏萨达 of a worker, 57-year-old mason William clavulanate Huo said, the job makes him "something of value" With a new understanding and insight.

"People often discard these things, and now you see it to good use," he patted the side of the tire wall mortar layer that hides it as a rubber trash is discarded on the streets of Bogota, the bitterness of the past.