Colourful Waste Incineration Plant at Osaka
The waste incineration
plants are generally drab grey buildings. However the Incineration Plant at Maishima Island in the Osaka harbour,
Osaka, Japan is a modern energy efficient plant with
colourful façade.
The colourful building, architecturally refurbished and redesigned by the famous Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, looks more like a theme park than an incineration
plant.
In the words of
web site of the architect;
"Three stories were designed as an adventure world with a didactic
component in order to make visitors, especially school children, conscious of
the problems of waste and to encourage their cooperation in working towards a
garbage-free society".
Image from Flickr is by pixelhut
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by ignis
Image from Flickr is by hetgallery
Image from Flickr is by Jeffrey & Mami
Image from Flickr is by hetgallery
Nearby Sludge treatment plant was also designed by Friedensreich
Hundertwasser and it also bears his colourful signature.
Image from Flickr is by hetgallery
View location of Incineration Plant in
Google Earth (Enable 3-D View) /
Google Maps and Street View
View location of Sludge Treatment Plant in
Google Earth
(not yet in 3-D) / Google Maps and Street View
More info:
Osaka City Environment Bureau /
New
Colonist
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