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Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Danish artist and designer Thomas Dambo is very good at using recycled waste to build various family-friendly installations. For example, his Happy City Birds project started in 2006, which uses recycled wood to create installations around the world. We have built 3,500 bird houses and strive to help every bird find a place to live in the city.

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

These bird houses are mainly distributed in the Ark Art Museum (Arken) in Denmark. Others include Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odens, Horsens, the top cities in Denmark, as well as Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, and Berlin, the capital of Germany. .

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Some birdhouses are built directly on the exterior walls of buildings, some are hung on existing trees, and some... Dambo and his team builtA tree is first "planted" on the outer wall of the building, and then birdhouses are built along the height of the branches. In addition, the birdhouses themselves are colorful, and they have become the most popular in the city. Great makeup.

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Recycle wood to create colorful birdhouses to help birds find a place to live

Currently, this Happy City Birds project is still in progress, and we hope that one day birds can easily find a place to live in the city.