Critical Concrete volunteer project – Hello! We have some volunteering spots in our sustainable and social architecture organization. Our current research project and green roof prototype for our production centre are up and running and we are now looking for some support in this journey.

Please read more info about our green roof plan.

Critical Concrete sets up a new model to refurbish social types of housing and cultural initiatives through architecture workshops. It is an emerging educational and social initiative that stands out of the regular dynamisms of real estate development and promotes new mechanisms to rehabilitate social housing and improve public and cultural spaces shared by low-income communities. It advocates a fundamental right to adequate housing, which is often disregarded due to a lack of public resources or political regulation.

In parallel, Critical Concrete hosts open cultural events such as:

winter screenings, markets, and workshops, twisted with the social sciences and architectural experimentation.

The initiative emerged from dissensus with prevailing building industry practice, which is one of the most damaging industries on the planet. That is also one of our motivations to collect, invent and promote alternative building solutions. It questions the political meaning of sustainability in architecture, which has ambiguous connotations. Critical Concrete follows its own understanding of sustainable architecture: long-lasting and easily repairable structures, made of locally sourced materials and upcycled trash.

Critical Concrete aims to be accessible to a broad audience of DIY builders in the future.