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.
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.”
- Interested in Solar? Sign up for the Nation’s most effective community solar purchasing program.
- Also see this morning’s post by San Francisco’s Mayor on wave energy coming to the coast of California.
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
A great idea, why do so many on here sound snide and angry? Finally a kid who see’s value in using his brain and his hands for something more than playing video games. It’s nice to see someone concerned for the well being of others, being homeless is a sad fact of life for many right now.
Jerry,
Who have told you that a Mongolian yurt is like this piece of plastic garbage? Be careful what you write.
Who have told you that a Mongolian yurt is like this piece of plastic garbage? Be careful what you write.
I think that this is actually super great. Close minded humans think it’s a waste of time and useless however it’s the art of the creation and the young boy’s perception… everyone shall be recognized for what they’re good at, therefore, one shall not judge one on their accomplishments.
Wow He is after all just a kid. I think the building was brilliant.
thats like super cool dudes
This is dumb and looks like a piece of worthless crap…so are we supposed to start mass producing these for the bums
Here’s a kid that truly cares about homeless people. I read comments like the one “Jason” left and I have to say to “Jason” that reading is FUNDAMENTAL. This kid designed this “shelter” after winning a trip to Chicago at Age 6 for a different invention and he saw all the homeless people living on the street. He wanted to make a difference in their lives. He wants to help–unlike you, Jason, who can’t even read the full article before you post your uneducated opinion.
This kid rocks!!! We need more people like him and less of the “Jason’s” in the world.
hello there,..no matter what u say jason, but at least, max can think about other people, instead of ur selfish behaviour,…
so if its starts to get windy…..