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Spherical Underwater ‘Fish Tower’ Skyscraper Recycles Debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

03/03/2012
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  • Plastic Fish Tower
    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was the inspiration for the Plastic Fish Tower, an orb-like underwater skyscraper that recently caught our eye as an honorable mention in eVolo’s 2012 skyscraper competition. The spherical structure was designed by the South Korean team of Kim Hongseop, Cho Hyunbeom, Yoom Sunhee and Yoom Hyungsoo, and it's more than just a cool-looking futuristic building - it's designed to suck in plastic from the massive pacific garbage patch and reprocess it, helping to slowly clear the debris which currently spans a whopping 8.1% of the sea....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/evolo-skyscraper-competition-spherical-plastic-fish-tower-recycles-debris-from-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Plastic Fish Tower
    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was the inspiration for the Plastic Fish Tower, an orb-like underwater skyscraper that recently caught our eye as an honorable mention in eVolo’s 2012 skyscraper competition. The spherical structure was designed by the South Korean team of Kim Hongseop, Cho Hyunbeom, Yoom Sunhee and Yoom Hyungsoo, and it's more than just a cool-looking futuristic building - it's designed to suck in plastic from the massive pacific garbage patch and reprocess it, helping to slowly clear the debris which currently spans a whopping 8.1% of the sea....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/evolo-skyscraper-competition-spherical-plastic-fish-tower-recycles-debris-from-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Plastic Fish Tower
    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was the inspiration for the Plastic Fish Tower, an orb-like underwater skyscraper that recently caught our eye as an honorable mention in eVolo’s 2012 skyscraper competition. The spherical structure was designed by the South Korean team of Kim Hongseop, Cho Hyunbeom, Yoom Sunhee and Yoom Hyungsoo, and it's more than just a cool-looking futuristic building - it's designed to suck in plastic from the massive pacific garbage patch and reprocess it, helping to slowly clear the debris which currently spans a whopping 8.1% of the sea....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/evolo-skyscraper-competition-spherical-plastic-fish-tower-recycles-debris-from-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Plastic Fish Tower
    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was the inspiration for the Plastic Fish Tower, an orb-like underwater skyscraper that recently caught our eye as an honorable mention in eVolo’s 2012 skyscraper competition. The spherical structure was designed by the South Korean team of Kim Hongseop, Cho Hyunbeom, Yoom Sunhee and Yoom Hyungsoo, and it's more than just a cool-looking futuristic building - it's designed to suck in plastic from the massive pacific garbage patch and reprocess it, helping to slowly clear the debris which currently spans a whopping 8.1% of the sea....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/evolo-skyscraper-competition-spherical-plastic-fish-tower-recycles-debris-from-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Plastic Fish Tower
    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was the inspiration for the Plastic Fish Tower, an orb-like underwater skyscraper that recently caught our eye as an honorable mention in eVolo’s 2012 skyscraper competition. The spherical structure was designed by the South Korean team of Kim Hongseop, Cho Hyunbeom, Yoom Sunhee and Yoom Hyungsoo, and it's more than just a cool-looking futuristic building - it's designed to suck in plastic from the massive pacific garbage patch and reprocess it, helping to slowly clear the debris which currently spans a whopping 8.1% of the sea....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/evolo-skyscraper-competition-spherical-plastic-fish-tower-recycles-debris-from-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Plastic Fish Tower

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was the inspiration for the Plastic Fish Tower, an orb-like underwater skyscraper that recently caught our eye as an honorable mention in eVolo’s 2012 skyscraper competition. The spherical structure was designed by the South Korean team of Kim Hongseop, Cho Hyunbeom, Yoom Sunhee and Yoom Hyungsoo, and it's more than just a cool-looking futuristic building - it's designed to suck in plastic from the massive pacific garbage patch and reprocess it, helping to slowly clear the debris which currently spans a whopping 8.1% of the sea....

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