New bricks made of construction waste

To minimise the waste produced by the construction industry, more and more building materials are being made from secondary raw materials.

© Bernd Seeland, Faculty of Architecture, KIT Karlsruhe
© Bernd Seeland, Faculty of Architecture, KIT Karlsruhe

In a handicraft process, new and aesthetic bricks are created. With their variety of colours and textures a unique and innovative facade design is possible. Depending on their composition, different colors and textures are created, which are reflected in their names, like in the varieties Salt&Pepper, Blackpepper and Salami.

They meet all industry standards and can be used indoors and outdoors.

In the experimental residential unit UMAR in the NEST building in Dübendorf, Switzerland, the bricks were used to build up a rotating wall without mortar: nest-umar.net

Find more information at StoneCycling.

Photo gallery by Bernd Seeland, Faculty of Architecture, KIT Karlsruhe

Waste-based bricks assembled without mortar to create a rotating wall in UMAR © Zooey Braun
Waste-based bricks assembled without mortar to create a rotating wall in UMAR © Zooey Braun