{"id":1440,"date":"2014-06-28T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T17:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2014-06-28T17:33:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T17:33:49","slug":"old-red-goes-green-recycled-wall-brick-built-to-save-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/old-red-goes-green-recycled-wall-brick-built-to-save-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Red Goes Green: Recycled Wall Brick Built to Save Water"},"content":{"rendered":"
It might look like your typical old red clay house-building brick on one side, but turn it over and there is a shift that hints at a deeper design change \u2013 one that is eco-friendly but also expressive in a way that most walls or brick are not.<\/h2>\n
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Designed by Jin-young Yoon to be made from recycled plastic and decomposed leaves, this brick is green from the ground up (so to speak) and makes it possible to save water.<\/h3>\n
More than just its composite materials, however, built-in grooves are designed to funnel water for gardening or even long-term underground storage.<\/p>\n
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In a world where water is becoming the next hot-button resource destined to become scarce, it seems like a good time to start thinking about our most basic building materials and structures (such as bricks and walls<\/em>).<\/p>\n
And we will see how they might shift to accommodate an ever-growing need for homes to have access to nature\u2019s most vital resource.<\/p>\n