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United Kingdom
Flat-packed for the future
A prefabricated school will bring sustainability and deep satisfaction to a remote Scottish community.
In June, a lorry loaded with flat-packs will wind its way up the west of Scotland and deposit them near the village of Acharacle, on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. The flat-packs won't contain furniture, but the beginnings of an entire prefabricated school, manufactured in Austria. When finally built, it will be at the cutting edge of sustainability, boasting timber walls that absorb CO2, half-metre thick insulation, and its own wind turbine.
For the local community, the new building cannot come a day too soon, and marks the end of a 21-year fight for a new school - perhaps best described by one of the pupils in a blog set up as part of the campaign. "We need a new school because the one we have is falling apart," wrote young Alex last year. "We have leaks in the roof, dangerous sockets that are hanging out ... a fire door that comes off its hinges every time you open the door, mouldy toilets, dead mice ... The school looks like a mess from the outside. Please try and help us get our new school."
Sourced from: The Guardian
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