Colombia faces a severe problem of poverty as a result of years of civil war and power struggles over drug trafficking. According to statistics published in 2014, around 23 million Colombians live in poverty and 6 million live below the poverty line.
As you can imagine, it is incredibly difficult for people to buy the first house for themselves and their families. But that could change thanks to the vision of architect Oscar Mendez.
Learn more about his vision for the following video:
The architect was inspired to develop made from different types of plastics used that can be used in the construction of low-cost housing bricks. In fact, thousands of Colombians have already begun to take advantage of the initiative to build their homes on the outskirts of the central Colombian cities with the innovative brick.
Not only can they build affordable housing, but they also help reduce the amount of waste that would stand disposed of.
Founded in 2010, Mendez Conceptos Plasticos uses an industrial process called extrusion to manufacture its plastic building blocks. They consist of plastics and multilayer rubber to guarantee durable construction materials and high quality.
It is about revolutionary stones:
The bricks allow a team of four to build a house of 40 square meters in just five days. In 2018, Mendez and Conceptos intend to increase their construction capacity to make 600 homes each year and accommodate 3,000 families per year.
He sees it working to help Colombia's sick and is eager to see how it can help reduce the housing deficit in Latin America and beyond. reduce.
"40% of people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America do not have a home, and one in seven people in the world lives in extreme poverty, and we want to improve this situation by offering this form of housing," he said.
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