There is something about plastic that makes you hate it more than the most dangerous radio active waste on the planet. It is as unsafe to use it when it concerns environment issues as any other and yet we cannot stop it being used almost everywhere and every instant in every shade of life. Plastic with its amazing combination of cheap production costs and great variety make it almost irreplaceable. The best thing to do till we find a safer eco-alternative is to recycle and extend its active life as long as possible.
When leading architects were faced with the challenge involved designing a sustainable mobile shelter for use in the Mojave Desert as an innovative, and environmentally sensitive solution that explored nature, culture and experience, the turned to recycled plastic for that. Green Tent is a second life for the white plastic pipe that moves unseen through everyday. PVC pipe has an average lifecycle of 34 years, not because of loss of performance, but because it is no longer required. Durability then becomes a dilemma. Recycling PVC has proven to be problematic, less than 1% currently ends up anywhere but the landfill. Green Tent is built up of this PVC to give the discarded plastic a new lease of life!
A temporary retreat constructed with a reclaimed material of indefinite life span. Its amazing architectural beauty lies in the ease of assembly, transportation, and unending supply. It is designed to provide you shelter even under the most scorching of heats and when it gets too hot you can fill some water in the pipes. The pipes can store water which is crucial in a desert climate. This is a really unique and amazing design that tells you that green architecture can meet far greater structural and practical demands than even regular material. This is simple too cool!
