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Ethiopian cities face a massive housing deficit with traditional methods being too slow and expensive.
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ℹ️ Overview
Ethiopian cities face a massive housing deficit with traditional methods being too slow and expensive.
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🚀 Active Projects
Circular Addis Housing
Transforming recycled plastic waste into high-quality, affordable building materials. This project aims to construct 500 low-cost housing units in Addis Ababa using interlocking plastic blocks.
Modular Plastic Brick Housing
A pilot project to build affordable retail and residential units using Kubiks interlocking bricks made from 100% recycled plastic.
💡 Proposed Ideas
Standardization of Prefabricated Building Components
Traditional brick-and-mortar construction is slow and wasteful.
Scaling Low-Cost Sustainable Urban Housing
Addis Ababa faces a deficit of over 1.2 million housing units. Current construction methods are too expensive and carbon-intensive.