project overview
VISION
The vision of the project is people taking small, accessible steps towards a sustainable life and home.
BACKGROUND
Facundo Newbery has been transforming discarded refuse piled along city sidewalks in his neighborhood of South Williamsburg for the last decade. He has become an expert in using found materials in his creative practice, as well as transforming them for practical applications and furniture in his own home. Almost all of the furniture, fixtures, and interior design elements inside the Newbery home were found, re-imagined, and revived by the artist. Facundo has spent the last few years actively teaching and learning from his neighbors about DIY sustainability.
Chapter 1 - Found Wind Farm (raising funds)
The project's first chapter is creating a wind farm entirely from found materials to serve as as sculptural and educational installation in the community of South Williamsburg. Facundo will begin by trolling the streets of Brooklyn in his organically-powered school bus for reusable objects that can be used to build energy-producing wind turbines.
Chapter 2 - The Shipping Containers
The second chapter of the project will be loading abandoned shipping containers with the portable wind farm and other transformed and transformable refuse to be shipped to the Dominican Republic, the original home of many of Facundo's neighbors in South Williamsburg.
Chapter 3 - DR Home
The third chapter of the project will be to use the containers to assemble a home in a vacant lot in a a small town in DR. The home will collect rainwater for drinking, produce electricity from wind and solar energy, utilize biogas from animal waste, and support an agrarian system. Facundo hopes to inspire another series of teaching and learning opportunities with local residents on building homes with sustainable footprints.
To learn more about Facundo visit: http://facundonewbery.com
