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The Taurus project conceives recycled plastic housing as an opportunity to provide employment, decent housing and at the same time the elimination of plastic waste. Taurus is a model apartment block of social housing in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. It was designed for Conferhomes Ltd<\/strong><\/a>, a company dedicated to construction using environmentally friendly techniques. Conferhomes Ltd has the patent for the recycled plastic construction system Block<\/strong><\/a>, which has been used for this project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A recycled plastic building in Kenya<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The concept of Conferhomes Ltd is the use of a completely modular construction system that allows the design of any type of housing project based on plastic recycling. It integrates resistant and modular light elements that allow fast, safe and low-cost installations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Its promoted the use of post-industrial plastics as raw material. Adding additives to improve mechanical properties and fire safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plastic waste its a problem<\/a><\/strong><\/a> in many countries on the African continent, given the lack of infrastructure for garbage collection and water treatment. This causes it to accumulate, causing true ecological disasters. Conferhomes Ltd<\/a><\/strong> It seeks to provide employment in the area by requiring labor to collect the plastic, crush it and manufacture the parts by extrusion. Helping both the environment and the local economy. And building social housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blockplas system model apartments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Taurus, recycled plastic housing is conceived as a model block of four-story apartments. It is configured in two wings around a nucleus of communications with the staircase and two elevators. It provides four homes per floor of 80 m\u00b2, 16 homes per block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The type apartments have an area of \u200b\u200b80 m\u00b2, providing two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room and kitchen. The apartment is a model of the possibilities of the system, being able to insert other distributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regarding the structure, the use of a metallic structure is proposed in order to obtain a quick execution of the work and increase the possibilities of recycling the whole. On the other hand, by planting large-scale construction, implementation costs are reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The insertion of the Bloqueplas pieces from Conferhomes is carried out by means of a box and a dowel, inserted into recycled plastic beams. This allows the pieces to be enclosed in a frame, forming cloths that will be attached to the sturgetal elements with bolts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For the execution of the slabs, the collaborating plate is chosen. Allowing to use the plastic beams that support the fa\u00e7ade panels as a parapet for the concrete layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Definitively the use of recycled construction material for Architecture<\/a><\/strong> allows to rethink the possibilities and priorities when projecting. Conceiving social, ecological and labor benefits apart from the construction itself. This should make us reflect on why so much material and garbage have been discarded for so many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other residential architecture projects<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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El proyecto Taurus concibe las viviendas de pl\u00e1stico reciclado como una oportunidad para proporcionar empleo, vivienda digna y a la vez la eliminaci\u00f3n de desperdicios de pl\u00e1stico. Taurus es un bloque de apartamentos modelo de viviendas sociales en la ciudad de Nairobi, Kenia. Fue proyectado para Conferhomes Ltd, empresa dedicada […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8307,"parent":18059,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8305","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nTaurus, viviendas de pl\u00e1stico reciclado - Basilio Paredes Arquitectura<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El proyecto Taurus concibe las viviendas de pl\u00e1stico reciclado como una oportunidad para proporcionar empleo y reciclar pl\u00e1stico.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basilioparedes.com\/en\/projects\/residential-architecture\/taurus-recycled-plastic-housing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taurus, viviendas de pl\u00e1stico reciclado\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"El proyecto Taurus concibe las viviendas de pl\u00e1stico reciclado como una oportunidad para proporcionar empleo y reciclar pl\u00e1stico.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.basilioparedes.com\/en\/projects\/residential-architecture\/taurus-recycled-plastic-housing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Basilio Paredes Arquitectura y Dise\u00f1o\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pqbasileus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-09T21:19:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.basilioparedes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Taurus_viviendas_plastico_reciclado-e1611741984136.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"416\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pqbasileus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.basilioparedes.com\\\/proyectos\\\/arquitectura-residencial\\\/taurus-viviendas-plastico-reciclado\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.basilioparedes.com\\\/proyectos\\\/arquitectura-residencial\\\/taurus-viviendas-plastico-reciclado\\\/\",\"name\":\"Taurus, viviendas de pl\u00e1stico reciclado - 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