Recycled windshields are busting out of the woodwork, from French country gardens to swank sub/urban surfaces. The protective pupa shown here (“la serre” is French for “greenhouse”) transforms more motive motives into regenerative ones, à la auto glass gone wild, nailed to firewood beams and each other and slated for a greenhouse roof. “I like the idea of recovery,” says maker Sebastien Ramirez, who created this warm cocoon without a budget.
Dutch designer Daniel Schipper created the foldable greenhouse for city gardens and rooftop terrariums. Made from recycled plastics, the greenhouse roof folds up flat for
Sunset’s 2005 Idea House event features two side-by-side “zero energy” demonstration homes that show how much can be done with green as the guideline.
The homes
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Thanks for this publication, 3 more winshield greenhouses was built, 1 at “Le louvre” museum and another one at the “jardin des tuileries”, more informations at lilietrami@me.com, if you want a sample in america we are in new york untill 24th february 2010, we’ll enjoy. Rami :-)
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Thanks for this publication, 3 more winshield greenhouses was built, 1 at “Le louvre” museum and another one at the “jardin des tuileries”, more informations at lilietrami@me.com, if you want a sample in america we are in new york untill 24th february 2010, we’ll enjoy. Rami :-)