"Wasted No More" is an off-the-grid desert home in Pioneertown, California, that prioritizes construction waste reclamation through the use of "Castoff" blocks–commonly known as bin blocks. These 1.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 m blocks are formed from the excess of conventional construction, utilizing leftover concrete in trucks after pouring for other buildings.

The massive block’s thermal mass buffers the desert's temperature extremes, while the building's orientation and stepped form naturally mitigate solar heat gain, inviting daylight and cross-ventilation. Powered by solar energy and drawing water from an existing well, "Wasted No More" minimizes its environmental footprint on the California high desert landscape.

By using “Castoff” concrete blocks as foundation, walls and finishes, the project offers an economically viable and ecologically mindful prototype that finds enduring value in the construction’s overlooked remnants. Its aesthetic harmonizes with the raw beauty of its surroundings, proposing an architecture born from excessive waste of our construction industry, out of necessity, ingenuity, for an overheated planet.