by Peter McIntosh | Feb 2, 2023 | Early Childhood Development centre, Green school, Heideveld, Project
Like the Ulwazi ECD centre in Delft, the GCU Edu Hub, will be built from natural and sustainable building materials. We’ll be using +- 5000 rammed earth tyres to create the walls with eco brick and glass bottle details, cob, and natural plasters.
by Peter McIntosh | Feb 1, 2022 | Alternative building, Cape Town, Cob, Community, Delft ECD, Early Childhood Development centre, Early Childhood Development centres, Earthen Schools, Ecobricks, Local materials, Natural building, Natural building methods, Natural plasters, Passive Solar Design, Peter McIntosh, Reclaimed materials, Sustainable building, Sustainable human settlements, Thermal performance, Tyre building
The buzzing building site at the Ulwazi Educare in Delft, Cape Town, has set the tone for what is promising to be the largest tyre building in South Africa. The early childhood development centre (ECD) was designed in collaboration with award-winning sustainable...
by Peter McIntosh | Feb 5, 2021 | Alternative building, City of Cape Town, Cob, Ecobricks, Natural building, Natural plasters, Peter McIntosh, Rammed Earth, Sustainable building, Tyre building
A carbon-neutral, multi-purpose centre is being constructed from tyres, rammed earth, recycled building rubble and eco-bricks in the beautiful Helderberg Nature Reserve. Design and materials The Natural Building Collective is excited to form part of the construction...
by Peter McIntosh | Aug 27, 2018 | Alternative building, Cape Town, Community, Living off-grid, Living Sustainably, Natural building, Peter McIntosh, Sustainable building
Offgrid vision is a project dedicated to empowering people in developed and developing countries to pursue living off-the-grid through sharing knowledge and experience and raising funds for deserving projects in developing countries. Patrick Lunt and Offgrid vision...
by Peter McIntosh | Jul 8, 2018 | Alternative building, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Cob, Compressed Earth Brick (CEB), Delft ECD, Early Childhood Development centre, Early Childhood Development centres, Earthen Schools, Hybrid building, Natural building, Natural building methods, Natural plasters, Passive Solar Design, Peter McIntosh, Sustainable building, Sustainable human settlements, Tyre building
The Training Centre is a passive solar, earth sheltered building out of tyres, cob, compressed earth bricks, ecobricks and glass bottles at the Delft Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre. The design is centered around minimizing the use of cement and concrete...
