The CaRA SYSTEM: SPACE-AGE SIMPLICITY
Everything you are about to see – Whether floating farms, housing types, pontoons or architectural marvels – begins with just two components
One Connector. One Tube. Infinite Possibilities.
- Designed like the LEGO of the future
- Built for strength, scale, and speed
- Accessible to every South African — no special skills required
- Empowering through employment and innovation
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CaRA is universal in conformity, yet infinite in variation — all defined by how you assemble it
How is CaRA made
Precision Manufacturing & Local Production
Injection-moulded
Cape Town based plant
Injection-moulded
Cape Town based plant
Locally sourced
Made entirely with materials in South Africa
Affordability & Scalability
Built for affordability, scalability, and national pride
Large Scale Production
Mass Production makes CaRA affordable
Mobility
CaRA’s mobility makes it limitless
Video Introduction
CaRA’s STRUCTURAL GENIUS
Inspired by Nature. Engineered by Logic.
- Equilateral triangles + four-sided pyramids = super-stability
- Low center of gravity, efficient force transfer.
- Tamper-proof locking and permanent joints.
- Modular frames that never fall out of place.
CaRA components plug together to form structural frames — which are then connected into modules of any size.
These frames are not disassembled once joined.
Their unique locking system is invisible, tamper-proof, and permanent under conditions of use
CaRA’s simulation engineered integrated structural frame.
- Engineered for strength.
- Built for simplicity.
- Designed to scale.
CaRA’s INNER-STRUCTURE OPTION:
REVOLUTIONARY USAGE
The World’s First Structural Water Grid.
The frame itself becomes a smart water grid. Water is continuously circulated throughout the entire frame, for specific purposes:
- Built-in rain, groundwater, and atmospheric water harvesting fully integrated
- Creating, heating, cooling & purifying water through embedded circulation
- Climate-controlled interiors: warm floors, cool ceilings
- It regulates indoor climate — warm floors in winter, cool ceilings in summer.
- Off-grid ready, with Pentawater technology delivering 500L/day
- Wastewater, potable and non-potable water regeneration capability
- Architecture meets life support; all powered by the sun
- Water, Air or even Oil, the structural grid functions.
CaRA: PHILOSOPHY, PERSONAL ORIGIN, UNIVERSAL IMPACT
Adriaan Pretorius – Founder
CaRA stands for Construction and Repetition Assembly – Order from Chaos.
Years ago, a car smashed into the side of my BMW. In that seat was a 3-year-old girl named Cara. She was untouched. Not even a scratch.
Why?
The spaceframe hidden inside the car door. That day, I understood: “What saves us isn’t seen. It’s what holds us together.”
CaRA was born from that insight.
- Inspired by aerospace and nature.
- Triangulated logic.
- Tension and compression.
- Simple elements. Powerful outcomes.
- Not just a product — a platform.
- Not just a structure — a struction.
- Just as the Model T transformed transport, CaRA is here to redefine construction.”
“Cara was untouched in that crash. Because of a hidden spaceframe.”
That moment birthed the idea!