Refram^d exists to solve a growing challenge — how to create housing that’s adaptable, affordable, and environmentally responsible. Across regional Australia, communities need accommodation that can be built quickly, used flexibly, and leave a lighter footprint on the land.

Our mission is to reimagine temporary living through sustainable, off-grid tiny homes made from cardboard and other circular materials. These lightweight, modular structures are low-carbon, cost-effective, and quick to assemble — offering flexible accommodation where and when it’s needed most.

Reimagining Temporary

Our Story

Our story began with Peter Stutchbury’s 2004 ‘Cardboard House’, a project that showcased the potential of cardboard as a sustainable building material and challenged conventional approaches to architectural design.

Today, in partnership with Dimensions X, we've continued this vision, developing a new generation of flat-pack homes, combining recycled cardboard and other circular materials to create a sustainable temporary housing solution for regional NSW.

More than two decades after the original concept, we're committed to making sustainable, Australian-designed housing practical, accessible, and built for the future.

Our Vision

The modular, flat-pack and agile design of our cardboard home allows for application in a range of different sectors. Although we see a fit for these homes across a range of sectors (sporting events, festivals, etc.), our goal is to utilise this agility to address the critical infrastructure gaps in regional New South Wales, from agri-tourism, disaster housing and regional labour workforces. See below how these homes fit in each sector.