Giant Glowing Sculpture Made From Crushed PET Bottles Rises at the Venice Architecture Bienniale

A freestanding sculpture made from thousands of salvaged <a title="Air-sucked PET Bottles Make Great Public Sculptures in Venice" href="http://inhabitat.com/waving-wall-massive-recycled-bottle-installation-shows-the-virtual-water-footprint-of-two-pairs-of-jeans/" target="_blank">PET bottles</a> popped up at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Created by Rodrigo Garcia and Maciej Siuda, this repurposed public art installation titled <a title="Air-sucked PET Bottles Make Great Public Sculptures in Venice" href="http://cargocollective.com/devebere" target="_blank">Devebere</a> represents the massive amounts of waste we create.

Garcia and Siuda created Devebere after winning the Gau:di student competition for sustainable architecture.

The temporary fun sculpture provided a free space for play, recreation and some cool shadow during the canals-filled city’s Biennale.

Although using plastic bottles for building is obviously not new, what we like is Devebere’s smart and strong construction technique.

The sculpture was made by first cleaning the outside of the bottles, then taking the label and top off, and sucking the air out of them, which makes them much stronger.

Then a polietilene tube was filled from the blue-shaded containers, made into a bridge shape, and the air was again, sucked!

Created with the help of many volunteers and also the public, Devebere offered creative interaction during the day and it also glowed during the night.