Pour a house | Design Indaba

POUR A HOUSE

Aerated mortar being poured into the Moladi formwork.

Aerated mortar being poured into the Moladi formwork.

moladi

Moladi, a South African company, specialises in a reusable plastic formwork for use in construction of affordable housing and low cost housing projects.
 
In order to change the way we build low-cost housing Moladi developed a system that constitutes the use of a removable, reusable, recyclable and lightweight plastic formwork mould, which is filled with an aerated mortar to form the wall structure of a house in as little as one day.
 
The process involves creating a mould in the form of the complete house. This wall mould is then filled with an aerated form of mortar. The process is faster than traditional methods of construction and result in a better quality low-cost house.
 
Each set of Moladi formwork panels can be re-used 50 times making the technology cost effective due to its repetitive application scheme, reducing the cost of construction and transportation significantly. The Moladi system produces durable and permanent structures.
 
The process has won the Design for Development award of the South African Bureau of Standards Design Institute in 1997.
 
Moladi was exhibited at Design Indaba Expo as part of the Africa is Now Exhibition under the theme 'Africa is Urban'.
 
 

Formwork removed to reveal house structure.
Formwork removed to reveal house structure.


 

For more information on moladi plastic formwork visit www.moladi.net

 

 Keywords - pour a house, design indaba, moladi, plastic formwork, formwork, house, reusable, modular, low-cost-housing, plastic mould, technology, Africa is urban

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Frugal Innovation In Africa - moladi

Image
Frugal Innovation In Africa - moladi FRUGAL INNOVATION IN AFRICA  FRUGAL INNOVATION IN AFRICA - moladi Moladi: Affordable houses in South Africa In many African countries, housing is one of the most sensitive issues affecting the lower income groups. In South Africa for example, close to 13% of the 14.3 million households are informal dwellings (Statistics South Africa, 2011). The term “informal dwelling” is often used in South Africa to designate shacks, corrugated-iron structures and other makeshift shelters. The above statistics represents about 1.8 million households (between 7.2 and 10.8 million people). Informal structures are often made of highly combustible materials such as wood and cardboard which pose serious safety and environmental concerns. The structures are easily damaged and exposed to the external elements meaning that people often live in damp, very hot or very cold conditions. The other concern is inadequate or lack of sanitation and running water which constitute
Read more

BUILDER OF THE FUTURE

Image
THE BUILDER OF THE FUTURE The Builder of the Future Moladi construction systems has developed a way in which houses and social infrastructure can be built faster and cheaper, without jeopardising the structural integrity of buildings. by Glenneis Kriel - Finweek   While most other industries have undergone tremendous change, the building and construction sector has seen little new technological breakthroughs over the past fifty years. That was until Hennie Botes, the founder of Moladi , came along.   Realising the struggles of the poor in getting good quality housing, already in the 1980s, Botes decided to do something about it. His solution was the development of a whole new building system, which he named Moladi. The system replaces the cumbersome bricklaying process with an approach similar to plastic injection moulding.   A “mould” is produced by training local unskilled labour to assemble reusable plastic injection moulded panels, commonly known as formwork. The formwork is erect
Read more

Minister Fikile Mbalula wife Nozuko and Hlaudi sued in R1bn housing fraud

Image
Minister Fikile Mbalula wife Nozuko and Hlaudi sued in R1bn housing fraud    Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula wife Nozuko - fraud housing - Freestate  Hlaudi Motsoeneng   Minister Mosebenzi Zwane MEC for human settlements - Now Mineral Resources Minister  SABC strongman Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's wife Nozuko - as trustees of two trusts - allegedly received millions from a "fraudulent" R1-billion spending spree by the Free State government meant for houses for the poor - which were never built. At the centre of it all was Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, who, while he was MEC for human settlements, sanctioned the payments of hundreds of millions of rands to companies that had not done any work for the government. Now new MEC Sisi Ntombela's department is suing the 106 contractors, including Motsoeneng and Nozuko Mbalula in their capacities as trustees, and materials suppliers that received upfront payments to
Read more