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

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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. This approach has serious negative effects on the environment and society and is inherently unsustainable. Read more »

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What Are the Sustainable Demolition Strategies That Can Decarbonize Architecture?

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Image © Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez/ Unspash The built environment is responsible for approximately 42% of annual global CO2 emissions. Demolitions typically involve dismantling , razing, destroying, or wrecking buildings and structural parts, leading to unsustainable levels of carbon emissions, material depletion, waste, and pollution.

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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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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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Suspended bridges connect round cabin hotels in Mexico

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"The architecture and interior design were focused on connecting with the environment and maintaining harmony with it." In addition to the material selection that responds thermally to the environment, the design works to preserve what little water the agricultural region has, reusing grey water for the irrigation of the vineyards.

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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 Its design celebrates the steel structure that elevates the theatre seating above the plaza."

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University of Michigan explores low-carbon construction with robot-built pavilion

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The Robotically Fabricated Structure is the result of a project by the Adel Design Research (ADR) Laboratory at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Custom algorithms were used to calculate the optimal arrangement for the timber 2x4s, removing the need for any larger beams within the structure.