Tower of Babylon - Plastic Palace

4,396 views · Published 2 June 2011 · 5:21 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: Georgia Tech · 2011 · Education

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Watch two of America's most commonly consumed plastic items—hangers and bottles—get repurposed, designed, and transformed into large-scale works of art by students at Georgia Tech's College of Architecture. The purpose? To help build awareness about sustainability and to creatively convey the astronomical volume of recyclable material we carelessly dispose of everyday.
For more information, visit http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=66146
For more photos, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiatech/sets/72157626522358023/with/5687192859/

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