Flat board, olive tone
Seaweed fibres and lime, formed at room temperature into a healthy, acoustic panel that returns to the soil.
ALGA BioPanel is a wall and ceiling panel made from seaweed fibres bound with lime. It contains no synthetic resin and no formaldehyde, and at the end of its life it can be composted.
Why algae?
Seaweed is one of the fastest-growing materials on the planet, and it asks for almost nothing in return.
Grows fast
Marine macroalgae regrow quickly, season after season.
No fresh water, no farmland
It grows in the sea, so it competes with neither food nor forests.
Local by nature
Coasts everywhere have seaweed. No long supply chains like bamboo or mycelium.
A carbon story
The lime binder takes CO₂ back from the air as the panel cures.
One material, six jobs
What usually takes several layers of synthetic products happens inside a single panel.
Acoustic
A micro-porous fibre network absorbs sound without extra mineral wool or foam.
Fire-retardant binder
The mineral lime matrix slows flame spread with no toxic retardants.
Resists mould
An alkaline core limits mould, fungi and bacteria without biocides.
Clean indoor air
No synthetic resin, no formaldehyde, no harmful VOCs.
Stores CO₂
Lime carbonates as it cures, locking atmospheric carbon into the panel.
Compostable
At end of life it breaks down into soil nutrients and calcium.
Why the building industry needs a change
- of CO₂ emitted for every tonne of cement produced.
- 900- kg
- of indoor panels on the market rely on synthetic binders and resins.
- >%
- the cost per m² of bamboo panels compared with standard boards.
- 3-×
Figures as cited in industry literature.
From the studio
We are testing the panel in prototypes before its first installations.
Material research
Cross-section study
Design study
Panel geometry
Let’s build with the sea
Architects, designers and builders: ask for a sample and see the material in your hands.