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
What happens when it rains, because i see gaps in the dome. and is it warm inside?
It looks kinda like a boob. What a filthy mind this child has!
this is so cool… how’d u do it???
that thing is just askin to be kicked.
WoW a 12 yrs old.atleast he’s doin something for the environment.thats so good..not like some of the 12 yrs old that they only play with their computers and be fat..hope some of the lazy people can do that..
To a few of you, beginning with Jeff, it’s a good start: don’t expect a kid to be perfect. At least he is trying to be earth friendly, even if it isn’t in the most… resourceful way. The point is to make it simple and not too complex. And Jason, in case you didn’t notice: this IS an invention for homeless people. Not everyone can afford a house, and it’s better than nothing. It’s not necessarily “crap” to everyone.
I say bravo. Not many kids spend their time helping other people in the ways that Max does, especially at his age!
look at all yall haters… some 12 yr. old kid comes up n all yall broke ass niggas wanna hate just cuz he 10,000 $$$$ richer den you…..
Iwould love to see a homeless person with a blowtortch
I think all of you should take a step back and see the larger picture…. He is trying to improve someone else’s life… so maybe you should take a page out of max’s book.
I love this boy, how compassionate and innovative. Caring and industrious. He is so mature and he looks like a wise soul to me.
This is a wise child and so many young people are blessed with a natural ability to create innovative things to improve our world and help others.
His is a beauty, lets applaud him.