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Ancient Italian Walls Repaired With Lego Bricks

Posted by timothy on from the best-of-old-and-new dept.

Ubuntukitten writes "When some walls in Bocchignano near Roma started to erode, the perfect solution was found in Lego bricks (although some look suspiciously like Duplo bricks to me). FTA: 'At first I thought it would be a complicated procedure to fit the pieces, But as it turned out, the bigger plastic pieces were compatible with the smaller ones, and the Lego held itself in place without any glue whatsoever.' I like the effect. It's like the scene has been created on the holodeck but a few holoemitters are broken ..."

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  1. My $0.02 by NoobixCube · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While I don't like the look of mixing the Lego and Duplo with the old architecture, it is an interesting idea. A more structurally sound version of Lego could, one day, be the standard tool for patching damaged walls. If the Lego were designed to be rough on the sides, it might hold concrete render or skimcoat, so the finished product would be indistinguishable from the rest of a rendered or skimcoated wall.

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  2. I rather like it. by retchdog · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think it looks neat; reminiscent (to me) of those walls with shards of heavy wine bottles stucco'ed into the top as a makeshift intrusion deterrent. Europe is full of a mix of majestic architecture and ugly-hacks-through-the-ages, reflecting the materials and skillsets available at the time.

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  3. Re:Call me old-fashioned by DavidYaw · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Am I the only one who thinks this is rather appalling? I mean, these are beautiful, ancient relics, now completely defaced.

    Better than a pile of rubble.

  4. Re:Call me old-fashioned by gbulmash · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If they could have tried to match the color a little bit, it might not be so bad. But with the day-glo Lego colors, it looks like grafitti or vandalism rather than repair.

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