First-of-its-kind community centre constructed out of invasive alien plant material

Elandskloof / nonCrete studio Cape Town – March 2026

Read our latest academic paper: Biomass concrete for low carbon buildings – A circular economy case study in South Africa – November 2025

Cape Town, Elandskloof, ETH Zurich – Jan 2026

Strength through Geometry and Material Effectiveness – the nonCrete Vaulted Indlovu Roof System

Cape Town, ETH Zurich – Feb 2025

180-minute full scale fire resistance and load test performed on carbon negative nonCrete bricks and cavity wall system

Cape Town, South Africa – Feb 2025

Curved-crease un-foldable formwork for sustainable vaulted floors in Cape Town

Cape Town, ETH Zurich – Dec 2024

Cape Town-based nonCrete, partners offer fire-resistant building solutions

Cape Town, ETH Zurich – Dec 2024

Alien Invasive Biomass to Housing through Co-Design in South Africa

Elandskloof Valley and Cape Town – Sept 2024

Trading Awareness – supporting informal trading within the community of Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town

Cape Town / Milano – Feb 2024

Circular and restorative by design

South Africa – 2021

Invasive alien plants as an alternative resource for concrete production

Cape Town, ETH Zurich - Switzerland – 2020

Kruger National Park “Eco-Lodge” – a low-carbon demonstrator model

Kruger National Park, South Africa – 2020

nonCrete at the Palazzo Mora Exhibition Time, Space, Existence – 2021 Venice Architectural Biennial 2021

Venice – May 2021

Hand Woven Formwork

Malawi, Venice, South Africa – 2021

The “Click Brick” – BRG ETH Zurich, South Africa

Zurich, Cape Town – 2021