12 year old makes shelter for the homeless with plastic, wire and packing peanuts

Max Wallack, a 12 year old from Natick, has just won WGBH’s Design Squad “Trash to Treasure” design contest with his “Home Dome” invention, which is a shelter for the homeless, built with just plastic, wire and packing peanuts. The structure is in the form of a Mongolian yurt and includes a built-in bed.

For his winning design, Max won $10,000, a Dell laptop and a trip to Boston to see how his design becomes real. The “Home Dome” was selected as the winning innovation out of more than 1,000 contest submissions.

Seen at The Design Blog. Watch a video about the winner, after the break.

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Cite: Sebastian Jordana. "12 year old makes shelter for the homeless with plastic, wire and packing peanuts" 27 Feb 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/15589/12-year-old-makes-shelter-for-the-homeless-with-plastic-wire-and-packing-peanuts> ISSN 0719-8884

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