Corum's boat, Plastiki, is made from 12, 500 plastic bottles.
Nathaniel Corum started out his career as a Commercial Designer, which made him feel like a “personal shopper or glorified manicurist.” Knowing his work wasn’t as meaningful as he wanted it to be and remembering his more sustainable childhood on a farm in Vermont, Corum signed up for an Architecture program. His studies took him to work with Berbers in North Africa, and soon after to found Architecture for Humanity with two others. (You can read more about Corum’s most recent work and his desire to help rebuild in Haiti in this New York Times article: A Font of Ideas From a ‘Nomadic’ Humanitarian Architect.)
What stood out for me in this article is Nathaniel Corum’s career choice. He decided to make a living by making more life possible. Creating housing out of garbage. Creating housing for people in need. Our world really does need more people to make this choice. What does it look like for you?
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Yes. He is a true eco-progressive architect with ‘actual’ knowledge in the field. Corum’s work in the rose fellowship and the plastiki are the kind of concepts that can actually start to make a difference in this world. Simple sustainability concepts like these can teach us a great deal about how to truly implement simple sustainable ideas in buildings.
By the way…Cool blog!