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Cool Coffee Cup Recycling Project…It Floats!

by Marye on September 12th, 2008

Michel Kreuger of Amsterdam’s Studio Noach has come up with a unique way to deal with styrofoam coffee cups.

Make floating homes out of them. These homes are so cool.  They are made from panels that are created from recycled coffee cups, packing material, and the styrofoam thingies your hamburger comes in.

The homes are actually afloat on  a lake, connected to the shoreline by a winding walkway.  This sounded beautiful to me until I thought about the amount of groceries that I buy…first of all, the idea of carrying all of them from the car to the house down a winding walkway that floats on water is not that cool to me.  Second, I realized that you would  always know which one of the homes was mine..it would be partially submerged from the weight of said groceries..

However…

These homes are covered in vegetation which  I imagine helps to insulate them, as well as releasing oxygen into the air…and I guess a mound of green plants looks better floating on water than a giant coffee cup?

Water from the lake will be pumped through the stucture to water the plants.

You can read more about this and see a video at  Treehugger.

What do you think?  Would you live in one if given the chance?

Image:AnnHoltrop

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