Legosnatchers Caught in the Act

Here’s a crazy idea for your next green DIY project. The talented urban pop artist Jan Vormann has started a great international project called DispatchWork. What it involves is snatching Lego bits from kids and using them to rebuild iffy masonry such as stone walls or house corners. Look at the pictures taken in St Petersburg, Russia and Rome, Italy.

Jan Vormann and friends have created similar art objects also in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Spain, France and other countries.

What does it have to do with being green, you might ask? Well, from my perspective it has a huge potential as a green design project. Hundreds of tons of Lego bricks get thrown away every year.

If we could keep at least a small portion of them out of landfills and use them to make our lives more colourful, why not? You can also get some Lego sets at the charity shops or make a request at your local Freegle newsletter.

For a project like this, I suggest you choose a wall that doesn’t have any structural damage because, obviously, Lego won’t provide any substantial hold. Ideally, the wall has a few stone bits missing from the corner or the front.

You don’t need any glue to stick the plastic bricks together but you better use some eco tack, eco fix (I know, I know, it is expensive) or lime putty or any water-based craft adhesive to fix the Lego inlay to the original wall.

It goes without saying that you have to clean and wash the cavity in the wall so that there’s no dust or loose bits left.