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Sustainable Policy: How Deconstruction Policies Are Revolutionizing Construction Waste Management in the United States

ArchDaily

Image Courtesy of EcoCocon For a long time, the construction industry has followed a linear process - extract raw materials, build structures, demolish them, and then dispose of the garbage in landfills. Straw-wall panels. This approach has serious negative effects on the environment and society and is inherently unsustainable.

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Deconstruction of building made of alternative concrete resulted in just two buckets of waste

Archinect

A 700-square-foot showroom and model home displaying Nexii’s building technology was constructed in 2019 near Vancouver to prove the buildability of the new material, which has far lower emissions than conventional concrete.

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Deconstruction by Design: How Architects Are Redefining Practice Through Material Reuse

Architizer

The examination of repurposing the roof materials from the Montréal Olympic Stadium in the recently published article on the Olympic construction dilemma , has prompted me to explore the broader implications of recycling construction waste. The competition brief called for the design of a new plant shop, fruit and vegetables.

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Demolition Is Dead. The Future of Sustainable Architecture Lies in Deconstruction

Architizer

This ritual of demolition and construction, whether at the scale of an entire building or an interior renovation, perpetuates a cycle of unsustainable material renewal that heavily contributes to the built environment’s carbon emissions — up to 50% of the annual global total.

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S-AR creates deconstructed house for glamping in Mexican forest

Deezen

Constructed with a combination of steel and wood, it runs the length of the central platform. There is also a sunken circular seating area Adjacent to the gathering space – and up a set of concrete steps – is a multi-use room built on a platform from a pre-existing terrace with an old chimney.

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What Are the Sustainable Demolition Strategies That Can Decarbonize Architecture?

ArchDaily

During a building's lifespan, half of these emissions come from its construction and demolition. To decarbonize architecture and control global emissions, it is important to rethink and reduce the upfront or embodied carbon impacts of demolitions, as well as implement sustainable construction strategies for buildings. Read more »

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homo faber: ceramicist bouke de vries constructs ‘the beauty of destruction’

designboom

Deconstructing beauty Dutch ceramicist Bouke De Vries told Designboom that he looked at perfection versus imperfection, beauty in damage, and the place of ceramics in world history. The post homo faber: ceramicist bouke de vries constructs ‘the beauty of destruction’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.