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

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This approach has serious negative effects on the environment and society and is inherently unsustainable. Several cities like Seattle and Pittsburgh , have started implementing deconstruction ordinances that require older buildings to be carefully deconstructed rather than demolished. Read more ยป

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

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Gaze out at any urban environment today, and one thing is almost always true; a collection of tower cranes dots the horizon line. However, in densely populated urban environments, there are rarely vacant plots to erect these projects; the existing structures must first be demolished to make way for what is to come.

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What Are the Sustainable Demolition Strategies That Can Decarbonize Architecture?

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Image ยฉ Jose Antonio Gallego Vรกzquez/ Unspash The built environment is responsible for approximately 42% of annual global CO2 emissions. These hasty methods of ending the life cycle of a building have negative impacts on the environment, material components, and recycling strategies. Demolition. Read more ยป

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Changchun Poly City Sales Center by JAMES LIANG & ASSOCIATES LIMITED

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The designers use the three-dimensional visual hierarchy to deconstruct the interlocking layers of form. As one moves forward and looks up, it forms an array of light and shade, with a staggered height and an intriguing, aesthetically pleasing environment that transcends time and space.

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Changchun Poly City Sales Center, China by JAMES LIANG & ASSOCIATES LIMITED by JAMES LIANG & ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Archinect

The designers use the three-dimensional visual hierarchy to deconstruct the interlocking layers of form. As one moves forward and looks up, it forms an array of light and shade, with a staggered height and an intriguing, aesthetically pleasing environment that transcends time and space.

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IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades

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It contains an adaptable living space at its centre "The folding panels allow multiple open-closed configurations on one or both sides, depending on the landscape in which it is inserted, be it a forest, a beach or an urban environment," said Guallard.

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

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Designed for Deconstruction by Arkoun Merchant "Designed for Deconstruction presents a framework for deconstruction in the context of Barrio Rodrigo Bueno, a self-built settlement in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "It Pocket Park by Ben Merritt "Driveways and license plates consume the built environment.

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