12-year-old Makes Homeless Shelter from Trash
Well, this is a bit of fresh air, especially with tween news like Baby-Faced Boy Alfie Patten Is Dad At 13.
12-year-old Max Wallack stole the show at Design Squad’s Trash to Treasure contest with his “Home Dome.” The contest asked kids to repurpose trash into practical inventions.
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I wonder if the Home Dome gets an honorable LEED Certification?
The dome provides shelter for the homeless and is made from plastic, wire, packing peanuts, and flargstin. Pretty much, trash.
The trash-plex looks like a Mongolian yurt, and let Max walk away with $10,000 and a Dell laptop. He also got a trip to Boston out of it. But Max had this to say, “I don’t really care about the money. I care about helping people.”
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This isn’t his first big win. “When I was six,” Max said, “I won an invention contest that included a trip to Chicago. While there, I saw homeless people living on streets, and beneath highways and underpasses. I felt very sorry for these people, and ever since then, felt that my goal and obligation was to find a way to help them. My invention improves the living conditions for homeless people, refugees, or disaster victims by giving them easy-to-assemble shelter.”
Go Max! We all look forward to your future inventions.
Source and Photo: thedesignblog.org
An Idea:
Fill aluminum studs, that much despised building material, with melted recycled plastic. The stud gains strength, will hold screws,
What’s not to like?
Another FREE idea, from me!~
Kameron, There is fire hazard every where you go. Is your home 100% fire free? I bet not so back off and quit being so negative in your lie!
This article makes you sound like you have a gripe against men and that you have a foul mouth. It has no substance, just opinionated fluff. Sorry I visited this site.
major yo cool
good job keep up the good work
Where do you find FREE wooden pallets? How about the plastic and styrofoam needed for a temporary shelter? Homeless people don’t regularly receive large shipments of anything.
well kinda creepy and kinda cool lol :)……………..
Excellent…. go boy envent more….
cool! very cool! Uber cool! Kids like this are the Future and should be encouraged to keep on being bright and curious about this world.
1 jessie : It is not an Epidemic. As ity is not an illness. It is a very Real and serious Problem.
2 It is NOT illegal to be homeless. Even though a lot od political people would like to make it illegal.
3 There are laws though about shelters of this type being Built on the streets and most law enforcement individuals will Tear this type of Shelter apart and Toss it into the trash where it came from.
But Great work Young man