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“Pyramids People” by HA Schult. Giza, Egypt, 2002.
Recycling and reusing junk for alternative purposes, called upcycling, is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s probably the most creative way to reduce your impact on the environment. It not only keeps trash out of landfills, but upcycling also yields beautiful art.
Here are 14 examples of amazing structures made from trash, junk, garbage, waste, rubbish…whatever you want to call it.
Statue of Liberty
Via: Izismile.com and Green Cleaning Ideas
World’s Largest Scrap Metal Structure
Dr. Evermor’s sculpture park located in Wisconsin is home to Forevertron, billed as the “world’s largest scrap metal sculpture.” Forevertron stands 50-feet tall, 120-feet wide and 60-feet long.
Photo: madolan_
Via: Neatorama
Temple of Treasure
The Temple of Treasure, built using recycled plastic bottles, stands 21-feet tall, 75-feet long and 30-feet wide. 100-tons of bottles were used to construct this structure!
Via: GreenDiary
Bike Arch
“Bike Arch” was exhibited at the 2007 Burning Man Festival.
Via: UrbanSimplicity
Waste Man
Standing 82-feet high and made from 30 tons of trash, Waste Man was quite a sight to behold. The artist, Antony Gormley, created Waste Man as a representation of the “everyday person.” The structure was burned to the ground to represent the Biblical story of Moses receiving a message from God. See the video below.
Via: GreenWala
Whirlwind of Garbage
This amazing tower structure stands 36-feet tall. It’s constructed of various types of plastic waste.
Via: MyModernMET
Recycled Door Façade
1,000 recycled doors were used to create the façade of this building in South Korea.
Via: RecycleArt
Trash House
Bogdan Litniansky, originally from the Ukraine, arrived in France in the 1930s without a place to stay. He purchased a rundown house and began “filling in the holes” with random junk. The rest is history…
Via: Oddity Central
Cathedral of Junk
Located in Austin Texas, the Cathedral of Junk resides in someone’s backyard. Apparently, it’s such a popular destination that tourists and even film crews frequent the three-story cathedral structure.
Via: Where there’s a Will, there’s a way
Hotel de Rubbish
The Save the Beach Hotel was a temporary structure constructed in Rome. Its purpose was to raise awareness about beach pollution and littering. The entire structure, inside and out, was composed of trash picked up from area beaches. Supermodel Helena Christenson even stayed there to help raise awareness about beach littering.
Via: MyDaily
Scrap Castle
This castle, designed by Victor Moore, is constructed entirely of salvaged scrap materials from a local junkyard. The entire structure cost him just $500 to build!
Via: WCCC | ThePULSE
The Solomon Castle
Artist Howard Solomon constructed his home/studio almost entirely of salvaged materials and junk. Solomon’s Castle is located in Central Florida, and you can stop in for a tour when you’re in the area.
Via: Gypsy Journal
S.S. Scrappy
This boat made from trash and other recyclables is quite an amazing structure…doesn’t look very seaworthy though!
Via: elmsyrup
Amazing Tower made from Books
This spectacular structure is an 82-foot tall tower made from 30,000 books. It’s called the Tower of Babel, created by Marta Minujin.
One Response to 15+ Beautiful and “Trashy” Structures made from Garbage
Brandon McBride August 8, 2012
Okay. When I got down to the facade, I thought “this is definitely going to be my favorite.” Well, most of the ones below it are pretty good too, so it’s hard to decide for sure.
Turns out that we can do a lot more with our trash than just throw it away.