Jayprashanth:
Green shelters are becoming the rage world over with more and more people coming along to save the environment from further damage. Here we have, one more such shelter which even doubles up as a bin and as a shady, pun not intended, place where you could rest your tired limbs and take a breather. This design, called the GreenU is the brainchild of, Andrew Lippe, a student at the Northern Michigan university. What Volpe has essentially done is, he has combined a waste bin, a recycler and a shelter all in a single, functional, eco friendly structure. For this, he has used readymix concrete moulds which are made of materials like fly ash.
The structure in itself looks very chic with laminated bamboo abounding it. A recycler with three holes as inlets can be used to feed metal, paper, plastic and grass and an inlet for garbage. A seat all around the shelter will let you hang around with your friends although we don’t see too many students gathering around a waste bin. And the neat little Bamboo strips around the pillar of the structure can also serve as posting points. Now, Andrew has taken the green bit little too seriously and has even provisioned a space around the pillar which can be used to plant a few green plants that can be fed with waste water. Overall, a very functional eco friendly structure, except that sitting around the bin bit.
译文:
三重功能的生态友好结构：GreenU 绿化你的生活
杰普拉善斯:
绿色凉亭，正在风靡世界各地，越来越多的人加入进来，目的是拯救环境免受进一步的破坏。 在这里，我们又有一个这样的避处，把垃圾箱和凉亭的功能合二为一，本非意图一石二鸟，而是这个地方可以让肌体劳累的人休息和歇歇气。这样的设计，叫做greenu的创意，是一名在北部的密歇根大学的学生安德鲁 利珀的设计。 沃尔佩本质设计是，结合了废纸箱，回收再利用设备和凉亭三重功能于一体，具有功能性的，生态友好的结构。 为此，他采用由如粉煤灰这样的材料制成的混凝土模具。
凉亭结构设计样式非常别致有大量的夹竹层。回收再利用设备设有三个洞状入口，可用于装填金属，纸张，塑胶和玻璃，另外还设有一个垃圾进口。所设的一个环状座位将让您与您的朋友自由围坐，尽管，并没有看到太多的学生相聚在废纸箱周围。绕在支柱结构周围的整齐小竹带，还可以作为张贴板。 现在，安德鲁有点过太重视这个绿色自然位点，而且甚至还设计一个围绕支柱的空间，可用于培植点可以靠废水生活的绿色植物。 整体而言，创意是一个非常棒的功能生态友好结构，稍稍除外的，是坐在座位的周围。