logging in or signing up Center Island - A Plastic Bottle Island McHow2 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1714 Category: Science & Tech.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: February 06, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description Plans to build an island on top of plastic bottles. A presentation on how a plastic bottle island can be built on a Biorock(TM) structure to create a floating Biorock. The idea is to build the island on Koh Tao, the scuba diving paradise in the Gulf of Thailand. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Center Island : Center Island A Plastic Bottle - Biorock Island The Idea is: : The Idea is: To create a Floating Biorock on Plastic Bottles How do we do that? : How do we do that? We build rigid steel compartments Leave access doors in each compartment Fill the compartments with plastic bottles Float & assemble the compartments Add shade netting on top of the compartments Add sand and soil on top of the netting Plant mangroves & palm trees Build a Marine Research Center Build a Classroom And here is the Plan: : And here is the Plan: And the Size : And the Size 123 m2 in total Am I… : Am I… It has all been done before! : It has all been done before! When asked,Thomas Goreau said: : When asked,Thomas Goreau said: “It is very do-able if we have a Rigid Frame and enough Plastic Bottles” A Floating Biorock : A Floating Biorock Built by Chris Brown and Thomas Goreau Funded by the Australian Government Richie Sowa’s Spiral Island : Richie Sowa’s Spiral Island After only 3 Years Built on PLASTIC BOTTLES! And here is How it Works : And here is How it Works + The Compartments : The Compartments = Assembling the Compartments : Assembling the Compartments Let’s see how to Start! : Let’s see how to Start! Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Adding Bollards, : Adding Bollards, Soil, Sand and Mangroves : Soil, Sand and Mangroves Plants and Trees : Plants and Trees Add Solar Energy, : Add Solar Energy, Add Solar Energy, : Add Solar Energy, Wind & Wave Power : Wind & Wave Power A Data Collection Center : A Data Collection Center And a Classroom : And a Classroom Add Some Fancy Stuff : Add Some Fancy Stuff & Some Detail Work : & Some Detail Work Building Center Island - Part 1 : Building Center Island - Part 1 8 x 12,5 m3 = 100 m34 x 10,0 m3 = 40 m3 : 8 x 12,5 m3 = 100 m34 x 10,0 m3 = 40 m3 140 m3 Storage Room Some Extra Strength : Some Extra Strength Some Strutting And then Plastic Bottles! : And then Plastic Bottles! What Do We Need ? : What Do We Need ? 720 Meters of Construction Iron a 9mm 260 Meters of Construction Iron a 12mm 21 Rolls of Fence Wire a 20m2 (or more iron) 65 Meters of Water Pipe + 56 Corners (doors) 48’000 Plastic Bottles (4000 Boxes) 130m2 Plastic Netting (Shade Nets) 40 Tons of Sand and Soil Building Material SPONSORS for Electricity Equipment Man- and Women Power, lots of it! Koh Sun!We Can Do It! : Koh Sun!We Can Do It! Fin : Fin Copyright 2009 G.Urben You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Center Island - A Plastic Bottle Island McHow2 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1714 Category: Science & Tech.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (1) Dislike it (0) Added: February 06, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description Plans to build an island on top of plastic bottles. A presentation on how a plastic bottle island can be built on a Biorock(TM) structure to create a floating Biorock. The idea is to build the island on Koh Tao, the scuba diving paradise in the Gulf of Thailand. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Center Island : Center Island A Plastic Bottle - Biorock Island The Idea is: : The Idea is: To create a Floating Biorock on Plastic Bottles How do we do that? : How do we do that? We build rigid steel compartments Leave access doors in each compartment Fill the compartments with plastic bottles Float & assemble the compartments Add shade netting on top of the compartments Add sand and soil on top of the netting Plant mangroves & palm trees Build a Marine Research Center Build a Classroom And here is the Plan: : And here is the Plan: And the Size : And the Size 123 m2 in total Am I… : Am I… It has all been done before! : It has all been done before! When asked,Thomas Goreau said: : When asked,Thomas Goreau said: “It is very do-able if we have a Rigid Frame and enough Plastic Bottles” A Floating Biorock : A Floating Biorock Built by Chris Brown and Thomas Goreau Funded by the Australian Government Richie Sowa’s Spiral Island : Richie Sowa’s Spiral Island After only 3 Years Built on PLASTIC BOTTLES! And here is How it Works : And here is How it Works + The Compartments : The Compartments = Assembling the Compartments : Assembling the Compartments Let’s see how to Start! : Let’s see how to Start! Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Assembling Compartments : Assembling Compartments Adding Bollards, : Adding Bollards, Soil, Sand and Mangroves : Soil, Sand and Mangroves Plants and Trees : Plants and Trees Add Solar Energy, : Add Solar Energy, Add Solar Energy, : Add Solar Energy, Wind & Wave Power : Wind & Wave Power A Data Collection Center : A Data Collection Center And a Classroom : And a Classroom Add Some Fancy Stuff : Add Some Fancy Stuff & Some Detail Work : & Some Detail Work Building Center Island - Part 1 : Building Center Island - Part 1 8 x 12,5 m3 = 100 m34 x 10,0 m3 = 40 m3 : 8 x 12,5 m3 = 100 m34 x 10,0 m3 = 40 m3 140 m3 Storage Room Some Extra Strength : Some Extra Strength Some Strutting And then Plastic Bottles! : And then Plastic Bottles! What Do We Need ? : What Do We Need ? 720 Meters of Construction Iron a 9mm 260 Meters of Construction Iron a 12mm 21 Rolls of Fence Wire a 20m2 (or more iron) 65 Meters of Water Pipe + 56 Corners (doors) 48’000 Plastic Bottles (4000 Boxes) 130m2 Plastic Netting (Shade Nets) 40 Tons of Sand and Soil Building Material SPONSORS for Electricity Equipment Man- and Women Power, lots of it! Koh Sun!We Can Do It! : Koh Sun!We Can Do It! Fin : Fin Copyright 2009 G.Urben