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Α Spanish architect has designed Christmas decorations made from plastic waste, that will light up the Fuerteventura Island in the Canaries

Nov, 14, 2017
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The area seeks to become a special tourist destination for this Christmas

The Spanish architect Fernando Menis is in charge of this year's Christmas lighting in the town of La Oliva on the Canary Island Fuerteventura. Menis has proposed a series of installations made from objects and materials abandoned in the surrounding area and the townâ€™s coastal hotels, such as inflatable floats, surfboards, beach toys, etc. Since the area has been depending on tourism for decades, its mayor was looking for ways for it to stand out internationally through attractions. So, he commissioned Menis to transform La Oliva into a special tourist destination for this Christmas. The special creations and decorations will be lit with LED lighting, while others will be powered by solar panels.

The Giant Squid

The giant squids, the symbol of the maritime Christmas of the neighbors of La Oliva, are made from colorful floats and sponge bars. Each giant squid unit will consist of 10 floats, 20 hollow sponge bars and two plastic buckets, whose design and color will be random, depending on the samples stored by the City Hall and the townâ€™s hotels. The squids will be illuminated in two ways: with a white light bulb inside the body, which will acquire different tones depending on the color of the floats and alternatively, with a series of colored dots along the tentacles, achieved with colored LED garlands.