In Morocco, a startup is building affordable homes using a material that is ubiquitous: soil. Orange Corners Morocco graduate and OCIF winner Eco-dôme Maroc applies local traditions to modern technology to construct dome-shaped buildings that it says are cheaper, more environmentally sustainable and more energy-efficient than regular concrete homes.
Founder Youness Ouazri: “We simply took this existing know-how and adjusted it to modern technologies to come up with a concept that is eco-friendly, cost effective and very rapid to implement.”
How cool is that?! Recognising the awesomeness of this concept, CNN selected Youness and his business for an in-depth feature. Read the full article here.
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