Video: EU junkyard: a hotel in Madrid decorated with rubbish
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
"Lord, what kind of garbage dump they dug up this closet (bed, chair, nightstand - underline the necessary)!" - sometimes disgruntled guests grumble, no matter how many stars they shine from the front of the hotel. And only the creators of the Madrid hotel, which opened in the center of the Spanish capital at the end of January, cannot be embarrassed by such a question. The authors of the project proudly stated that they found all the furnishings in the trash heap.
At the end of January, a new hotel was opened in the center of Madrid for 4 whole days. Not five stars, of course, but rather a slum shack. The walls of the building were decorated with all sorts of rubbish: broken mirrors, broken musical instruments, torn socks and useless children's toys.
The rooms were also full of eclecticism. Here one could find both street lamps and the remains of Persian carpets, which activists collected from beaches, spontaneous dumps and flea markets. What for?
The opening of the hotel in Madrid was timed to coincide with the international tourism trade fair, which this year took place in the capital of Spain. So to speak, let the world community admire it.
The architect of the new building from old trash - the German Ha Schult - said that the hotel made of beach trash is his answer to ocean pollution. This is what a beach holiday will soon turn into for any of us, if not clean up on the coast, says the author of this building.
About 30-40% of the junk from which the hotel was built was collected on the beaches of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Most of the garbage was in the south of Italy. It is not surprising: the more tourists, the dirtier around, the more acute the problem of garbage becomes.
Special signs posted throughout the hotel convey disappointing statistics to the guests: “Every 10th Spaniard stopped going to the beach because there was too much rubbish there. 14% of Europeans are also squeamish."
It is hard to believe that someone would want to rent a room in such a dull building, created from the wreckage of other people's lives: a young old woman once corrected her hair in front of this mirror, a young warrior pranced on this horse a long time ago. However, a competition was even announced on Facebook for the right to live free of charge in the new building.
The ecological message of the authors is clear, but another interpretation of the project suggests itself: if we do not get rid of the junk in time, our houses risk looking like a garbage hotel in Madrid.
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