Plastic bricks could spark a "construction revolution" in Gaza
Using plastic bricks to build a roof (Al Jazeera)
Two Gazan engineers are looking to spark a "revolution" in the field of construction by using lightweight plastic bricks instead of the conventional stone bricks, especially in roof construction as a first stage.
Palestinians Ayman Ashour and Ahmed Al-Jadba were able to produce the first bricks made of recycled plastic and chemical materials, after nine months spent designing and manufacturing the mold in partnership with the owner of a workshop.
The production of these bricks was supposed to be the two young men's graduation project from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Islamic University of Gaza, but its cost, which exceeded ten thousand dollars, prevented them from completing it at the time.
The idea was launched from the two young men's search for solutions to the problems facing the residents of Gaza, so they focused on the problems of high construction costs and the increase in plastic pollutants, which amount to about 16 tons per day.
Solving both problems together was the most prominent challenge for them in light of the complex circumstances that the besieged sector has been experiencing for ten years, but their determination to do something different pushed them to complete the project after their graduation.
The two young men received funding of four thousand dollars from the “Mubaderoon” project, which supports entrepreneurial ideas financially and with training, and they say that without that, they would not have been able to achieve their dream of seeing their project - which they named “Ayser” - before their eyes