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Charley Cameron Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash Read more: Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the WorldIn Monument to Civilization, Lin Yu-Ta proposes a dark, staggering architectural solution to the massive problem of urban waste. With space for toxin-emitting landfill in decline, Lin suggests that we might instead construct epic towers from that waste, and from that decomposing trash generate power for the world's largest cities. The towers would be massive - New York alone, Lin tells us, sends 2,372,000 tons of trash to landfills each year. That's enough to construct a tower 1,318 meters high <strong>each year</strong>. This ingenious, sobering proposal for sustainable energy was recently awarded third place in the eVolo's 2012 Skyscraper Competition.1
Charley Cameron Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash Read more: Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the WorldIn Monument to Civilization, Lin Yu-Ta proposes a dark, staggering architectural solution to the massive problem of urban waste. With space for toxin-emitting landfill in decline, Lin suggests that we might instead construct epic towers from that waste, and from that decomposing trash generate power for the world's largest cities. The towers would be massive - New York alone, Lin tells us, sends 2,372,000 tons of trash to landfills each year. That's enough to construct a tower 1,318 meters high <strong>each year</strong>. This ingenious, sobering proposal for sustainable energy was recently awarded third place in the eVolo's 2012 Skyscraper Competition.2
Charley Cameron Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash Read more: Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the WorldIn Monument to Civilization, Lin Yu-Ta proposes a dark, staggering architectural solution to the massive problem of urban waste. With space for toxin-emitting landfill in decline, Lin suggests that we might instead construct epic towers from that waste, and from that decomposing trash generate power for the world's largest cities. The towers would be massive - New York alone, Lin tells us, sends 2,372,000 tons of trash to landfills each year. That's enough to construct a tower 1,318 meters high <strong>each year</strong>. This ingenious, sobering proposal for sustainable energy was recently awarded third place in the eVolo's 2012 Skyscraper Competition.3
Charley Cameron Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash Read more: Monument to Civilization: Lin Yu-Ta’s Concept for an Energy Generating Tower of Trash | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the WorldIn Monument to Civilization, Lin Yu-Ta proposes a dark, staggering architectural solution to the massive problem of urban waste. With space for toxin-emitting landfill in decline, Lin suggests that we might instead construct epic towers from that waste, and from that decomposing trash generate power for the world's largest cities. The towers would be massive - New York alone, Lin tells us, sends 2,372,000 tons of trash to landfills each year. That's enough to construct a tower 1,318 meters high <strong>each year</strong>. This ingenious, sobering proposal for sustainable energy was recently awarded third place in the eVolo's 2012 Skyscraper Competition.4
