The House that Maps Built18/11/2008 |
| London-based architects, Amenity Space, have received international praise for their unique recycled building blocks made entirely out of disused maps. The Map Compression Block - which stacks Ordnance Survey maps on top of each other to create a heat efficient and strong building brick - was honoured at the San Francisco Urban Re:Vision Awards. The award recognised the project's innovative approach to producing an eco-friendly and sustainable building material. |
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The project works by drilling holes through the centre of each map, which is then placed over a series of steel rods fixed to a timber rail. The sides are then clad with a fire and waterproof layer and the maps compressed until they make up a solid panel. Nicky continues. "At the moment, 12,000 maps are sitting in our offices and Ordnance Survey is able to offer us a reliable source. With people keen to look at environmentally friendly building processes, the map block could represent a sustainable solution."
Gill Blake, from Ordnance Survey's marketing department, comments: "Maps are incredibly versatile, but we never expected someone to turn them into building blocks! This is a great example of recycling in action, and I'd like to congratulate the Amenity Space team for having their work recognised with this award."
Caption: Map Compression Block (http://www.mapblock.org/ ) 
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