11.2022
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Circular economy
Reuse Building Materials – Editorial Detail 11.2022New builds are no longer in keeping with the times. Instead, we need to ask how we can use existing building stock as a resource, reusing bricks, windows, or facade pieces. If the aim is net zero, demolition and landfill disposal must be avoided at all costs. Today, a progressive architecture is one that takes part in the circular economy and reuses building materials.
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Used building components
Elys Cultural and Commercial Building by Baubüro ...For the Elys cultural and commercial building in Basel's Lysbüchel district, Baubüro in situ had the approx. 1000 m2 wood-framed facade mainly built out of used building components.
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Building blocks in XXL
Dismountable Courthouse by CepezedThe individual components of the building conceived by Cepezed for the district court in Amsterdam are currently being kept in a storage hall.
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Mud bricks from the excavation pit
School Building in Geneva by David ReffoA new school building has been erected in Geneva's Parc Geisendorf, using material from the construction pit to make mud bricks for the load-bearing walls.
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Exhibition at DAM Architecture Museum
Adaptive Architecture – Building upon the ExistingAt its interim location in DAM Ostend, the German Architecture Museum Frankfurt is showcasing ingenious and creative strategies for dealing with existing architecture.
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Workplace on the water
Floating Office Rotterdam by Powerhouse CompanyDemantable, energy-independent, water-borne – the office boat at the port of Rotterdam by Powerhouse Company sets standards in climate protection and climate adaptation.