737 Max transformed into skyscrapers. An architect has just won a prize for their conversion to low-cost housing. The cabin is perfectly insulated, there are toilets, windows ... it would not cost so much to transform. The carcasses of the planes will be stacked one on top of the other.
The Boeing 737 Max have been grounded for over a year. Production is stopped. Canceled orders. So we wonder what will become of the built devices. Two architects have an astonishing proposition: recycle them in skyscrapers to house the most disadvantaged. It is not an idiotic idea. It is said that planes are flying buildings… Here, we would just keep the fuselage of the 737. We would stack them on top of each other as in the Jenga game and add an elevator in the middle. It is a project which has just been awarded at the eVolo skyscraper competition. We put photos on the hashtag # Europe1. The advantage is that an airplane cabin resists rain, wind and cold. It also has very good sound insulation. So we would save a lot on construction. In addition, we will have the chance to have breakfast, with a breathtaking view from the cockpit transformed into a veranda.
Yes, but are we sure the 737 Max will never fly again?
Not at all. He could be certified again. Companies could trust again. And at worst, Boeing could simply sell it in parts. But this project is not reserved for the 737 Max. It also concerns the thousands of end-of-life aircraft, which are regularly scrapped. You may have already seen these mind-blowing images: cemeteries of still intact planes abandoned in the middle of the desert. Why not give them a second life by transforming them into a building? In any case, this is the ambition of two architects: Cheryl Lu Xu and Victor Hugo Azevedo. They would like real estate agents to make an announcement at the time of the visit ...