Wall borders ideas

original creation methods and ideas

Soaring walls that seem to hang in the air without touching the floor, ceiling or neighboring walls make a vivid impression, and it seems that it was not without magic. But, since the laws of nature cannot be deceived in any way, in order to achieve such an effect, one will have to resort to various visual and constructive techniques. How to make floating walls, we tell and show in the article.

Method 1. Backlight

Using LED strips along the perimeter of the floor, ceiling, vertically along the entire height of the wall or highlighting individual fragments, you can easily achieve a floating effect.

The most aesthetic, but not the easiest way - built-in profiles with flush-mounted lighting. A soft glow will create a feeling of hanging in the air, but the system itself will not be visible. Of course, for the backlight to work, you need to connect to a power source.

If there is no way to apply hidden solutions, you can do the following:

• stick LED strip over existing skirting board, ceiling moldings or furniture;
• glue LED strip into existing cable channels;
• replace floor and ceiling skirting boards with built-in lighting options.

The LED strip is mounted on glue or double-sided tape, in some cases there is a ready-made adhesive layer. For overhead options, the power source can be not only an electrical connection, but also batteries.

Method 2. Mirrors

Mirrors are often used to create interesting visual effects in interiors. A wall decorated with mirror tiles or solid sheets, combined with hanging furniture, can also create a feeling of soaring.

Method 3.

Drywall is a well-established material for the construction of structures of various shapes. Drywall sheets are mounted on frames made of profiles. Using this material, you can create floating partitions for original zoning.

Method 4. Beams

To create complex and heavy structures, profiles of a different type are used - I-beams, which are used in the frame construction of houses. They are very durable and withstand maximum loads.

Method 5.

The material is widely used to create a levitating effect, such as the base of floating beds.

Method 6.

A simple and low-cost method that is suitable for zoning studios. Such panels are similar in function to screens, but with fastening to the ceiling. They do not touch the floor, so they also create a levitating effect. The partition must be hung with a slight indent from the ceiling, then soaring will be more noticeable.

Cover photo: Paulmann

Border-walls between countries | NauYunou |

On June 23, 2015, Donald Trump, an American businessman and politician, proposed to build a wall that would become the border between the United States and Mexico, which, for a second, is more than 3,000 km long. However, Mexico refused to participate in paying for such construction.

According to Trump, the wall will keep Mexican "rapists" and "criminals" out of the US southern border. This idea has become one of the key components in attracting the attention of Americans to Donald as a contender for the title of President of the States.

Throughout history, attempts have been made more than once to separate the territory of one country from another by erecting a wall. In this article, we will present 7 examples where this method of protection did not help.

1. The border between Spain and Morocco

The small autonomous city of Ceuta belongs to Spain, and is located on the northern coast of North Africa. Surrounded on one side by Morocco and on the other by the Strait of Gibraltar. The population of the city is 75,000 people, and the area is 18.5 sq.m.

Morocco insists on the return of Ceuta and the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, as well as other Mediterranean islands. For this reason, the Spaniards erected a border wall 3 meters high.

2. Egypt and the Gaza Strip

Most of the population of the Gaza Strip are refugees who left Israel as a result of the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-1949, and their descendants.

According to updated data, 1.06 million people live on the territory. (there is an opinion of the opposite side, where the population is estimated at 1.6 million people (CIA estimate for July 2011)). The population density is 2044 people/km². Palestinian side indicates more than 4,000 people per square kilometer

Largely due to this wall, the Gaza Strip has serious import problems. Settlers are finding it hard to get the goods they need due to the Israeli wall on the eastern border and the further complicating trade embargo.

The situation on the western border is no better. Hard border barriers have existed here for a long time, especially at the Rafah checkpoint, but Egypt has recently become even more strict on this checkpoint. After the Islamist group Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Egypt made its walls even more imposing.

In a sense, these boundaries only complicate the problems they were supposed to solve and thus justify their own existence. For example, some built tunnels to get goods and weapons into Gaza from Egypt, setting the stage for constant bloody fighting. In response, the Egyptian government began building their last walls of solid, blast-resistant steel and deepened them as much as 100 feet into the ground to scare off the smugglers!

However, some Egyptians oppose the wall because it could hurt trade. However, the Egyptian government, as well as the US government, maintains the wall. As for its effectiveness, the Associated Press reports that within a year of the wall being built, it was breached hundreds of times.

3. Israel and the West Bank

The still-under construction wall separating Israel and the West Bank will be almost 440 miles of concrete and barbed wire. Since the construction of the wall since 2002, this hotly contested project has gone from being a necessary security measure to an "apartheid wall".

Israel unilaterally began construction to, it said, deter attempts by Palestinian extremists to infiltrate Israeli territory. However, the wall has since veered into Palestinian territory that does not fall under Israel's borders, leading many Palestinians to claim that the barrier is a tool used for illegal annexation.

In fact, the International Court of Human Rights in The Hague found the construction of the wall illegal and ordered Israel to demolish it back in 2004. Instead, the wall went even further into the territory of Palestine, and in some places the height reached almost 8 meters.

Supporters of the wall claim that the number of violent incidents at the border has decreased significantly since the construction of the wall began, but verification of the facts showed that the data on the decrease in the level of violence - sometimes as low as 90% - strongly overestimated.

4. Cyprus

Lost in the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece, the island of Cyprus has always been the cause of heated debate between Turks and Greeks. In 1974, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus to wrest it from Greek control, and it has remained in political limbo ever since.

A wall separates the northern Turkish side from the Greek southern side, and both countries still claim the island and its lands. While the wall keeps the nationally unrecognized Turkish province physically separated, the situation has caused a serious political rift that extends beyond Cyprus. Thus, the EU and the UN recognize the southern side of the island, while only Turkey can trade and gain access to the north. Such a division and attitude towards the wall is intended to protect Turkey from contact with the European Union.

5. India and Pakistan

India and Pakistan have been at war with each other since 1947, when the end of British colonial rule led to the creation of two countries. Countries that today possess nuclear weapons, but remain in a state of delicate balance.

Along many of the border walls, there are daily demonstrations of military power from both sides, but an extensive network of tunnels and manholes in the walls prevents them from being fully effective. According to NBC, India has tried using cameras, bells and even camels to make the walls more effective, but neither method has worked 100% and relations between the two countries remain strained.

In January 2016, the countries suspended peace talks after India accused Pakistan of allowing militants to cross the border to attack an air base. In response, India has equipped walls in the state of Punjab with laser sensors that alert the security service to any possible violations. The cycle continues.

6. Belfast, Ireland

For most of the second half of the 20th century, Northern Ireland was tearing itself apart. British Protestants, known as Loyalists, and Catholics of Northern Ireland, known as Nationalists, constantly sought to cut each other's throats. Some want Northern Ireland to remain part of Britain, while others want it to join Ireland.
Beginning in the late 1960s, Northern Ireland built walls in the region's capital, Belfast. Initially, they were conceived as a temporary measure to stop the violence, but proved to be so effective that construction continued on a permanent basis.

To this day, even after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 that ended the conflict, dozens of walls remain standing. This is due to the fact that people are worried about the destruction that the demolition of the walls will entail - not to mention the cost of such an undertaking.

So the walls turned out to be Catch 22: Northern Ireland won't get the foreign investment it wants while the walls are standing, but the walls will stand until the country finds the money to tear them down. However, the walls will not last forever, as in 2013 the leaders of Northern Ireland pledged to tear down all walls by 2023.

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