A research + design lab exploring sugarcane waste as a material for the built environment

Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by production volume and is grown in over 80 countries across the globe and processed in many more.

After its juice is pressed for sugar or ethanol production, up to one-third of the plant’s mass remains as bagasse.

Sugarcane converts C0₂ to biomass up to 50 times more efficiently than traditional forestry.

The left over bagasse is usually burnt for fuel, fed to cattle, or left to rot, releasing the carbon absorbed during the growing cycle back into the atmosphere.