Milenko Milinković

builder of the Sun

If you want to convince others of the usefulness of your ideas it is best to start with yourself - this was the guiding principle for the builder Milenko Milinkovic when he built a solar house made from ferrocement near Belgrade.

Milenko Milinković lives in his dream, in a solar house shaped hemisphere diameter 18.5 meters. Conventional buildings in their form and production are spending about 40 percent of global energy, therefore, he proposes a better solution. The concept of sustainable buildings whose main source is solar energy Milinkovic will represent at TEDxZagreb.

It's time for faster, cheaper and environmentally more acceptable solutions. The material provided in the world for making sculptures and ships, Milinkovic began to use in the construction of warehouses, school halls and his home.

It's ferrocement, layers of wire attached with a mixture of cement, which is resistable to all external influences, has lifetime longer than 200 years, it's cheaper than conventional construction. Such a roof over tenant's head delivers up to 50 percent less expensive heating and cooling.

"It is time to stop building cubical buildings - Nature knows no cube-square forms but a rounded once, have you ever seen a cubical female breasts?"

Milenko Milinković

http://www.milinkovicco.com

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