Design Agency from new York has proposed to use the blank walls of apartment blocks, securing them here like honeycombs from bee hives, created on a 3D printer, transforming the walls are not only art objects, but also providing them with useful functions. First, the honeycomb can be mounted displays, creating a fashionable outdoor advertising, and secondly, inside each of the capsules mounted on the wall, will be able to live homeless.
“The problem of dispossessed people in new York will not go away. Moreover, every year it is more and more aggravated due to a number of factors. The government of the city and the state tries to solve the problem, but the program do not bring result. We proposed to partially solve it with the help of design and 3D printing, transforming blank walls of apartment buildings into stylish urban decoration, can also help many people”, — informs the website of the Agency.
Front side “SOT-modules” is proposed to be covered by aluminum, steel and to insulate against the wall also can be mounted each cell on a specially prepared forest with flights of stairs. Thanks to modern technology, 3D printing, blank wall of a standard five-story building, you can stick round such residential “cells” in just a few days.
The interior of each capsule is also proposed from savings to print on a 3D printer from recycled plastic waste. Bed, window, door with lock, storage system, ventilation and intelligent lighting will allow you to live comfortably in the module at any time of the year.
Smart glasses SOT the day will be the mirror, not allowing you to see from the street what is happening inside. In the evening you can turn them into multimedia screens to broadcast advertisements, and thus earn money.
The project developers stress that the printed cell will not be able to completely solve the problem, but the workaround is very good. Nevertheless, at some time it can really help.
The homeless of new York had proposed to settle in the comb
Vyacheslav Larionov