Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular Economy: Fundamentals, Case Studies, Strategies

Felix Heisel; Dirk E. Hebel

Published by Birkhäuser 2022

Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular Economy

Fundamentals, Case Studies, Strategies

Felix Heisel and Dirk E. Hebel
In collaboration with: Ken Webster

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035626353

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About this book

Sustainability is to become the guiding principle of social action and economic activity. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic, ecological and also ethical strategies, which have multiple complex interactions and all too often also conflicting goals and priorities. In no other field can these be better observed, addressed and influenced than in architecture and building.

Each volume of "Building Better – Less – Different" details two fundamental areas of sustainability and explores their specific dynamics and interactions. After introductory overviews, innovative methods and current developments are described and analysed in in-depth essays, international case studies and pointed commentaries. The sustainability criteria of efficiency ("better"), sufficiency ("less") and consistency ("different") form the framework for each book.

The first volume presents concepts, methods and examples of circularity in construction and the economy. Urban mining and circular construction are two approaches to the challenges that architecture and urban design are facing, using techniques such as mono-material construction and design for disassembly, and tools such as materials passports and databases. The circular economy is not solely about recycling but encompasses a wide range of strategies from local community projects to new ownership and service models and steering mechanisms such as carbon fees and dividends.

Building sustainably: a compendium in individual volumes
First volume on circularity in architecture and economy
Systematic, up-to-date, international

Author / Editor information

Felix Heisel is an architect working towards the systematic redesign of the built environment as a material depot in a continuous cycle of use and reconfiguration. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, where he directs the Circular Construction Lab. Heisel is one of the founding partners of the Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development (CR0WD) network in New York State, as well as a founding partner of 2hs Architekten und Ingenieur PartGmbB Hebel Heisel Schlesier, Germany, an office specializing in the development of circular prototypologies. He has received various awards for his work and published numerous books and articles on the topic, including Urban Mining und kreislaufgerechtes Bauen ("Urban Mining and Circular Construction") (Fraunhofer IRB, 2021, with Dirk E. Hebel), Cultivated Building Materials (Birkhäuser, 2017, with Dirk E. Hebel) and Building from Waste (Birkhäuser, 2014, with Dirk E. Hebel and Marta H. Wisniewska). Felix Heisel graduated from Berlin University of the Arts and has taught and researched at universities around the world, including the Berlage Institute, the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction, and City Development, the Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore, ETH Zurich, and Harvard GSD.

Dirk E. Hebel is Professor of Sustainable Construction and the Dean of the Department of Architecture at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He is the author of numerous book publications, including most recently Urban Mining und kreislaufgerechtes Bauen ("Urban Mining and Circular Construction") (Fraunhofer IRB, 2021, with Felix Heisel). He is co-founder and partner of 2hs Architekten und Ingenieur Part-GmbB Hebel Heisel Schlesier, practicing architecture with a focus on resource-respectful construction methods and materials. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide, most recently in Plastic: Remaking our world, Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein (2022) and Environmental Hangover by Pedro Wirz (both with Nazanin Saeidi, Alireza Javadian, Sandra Böhm and Elena Boerman), Kunsthalle Basel (2022), as well as Sorge um den Bestand, BDA, Berlin and other venues (2020–). As Faculty Advisor together with Prof. Andreas Wagner, he won the first Solar Decathlon Competition 2022 held in Germany (Wuppertal) as part of the RoofKIT team (Regina Gebauer and Nicolas Carbonare).

Ken Webster is a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and was formerly Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. His book The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows (Ellen MacArthur, 2nd edition 2017) relates the connections between systems thinking, economic and business opportunity and the transition to a circular economy. He is on the Club of Rome‘s Transformational Economics Commission and a contributing author to Earth For All (2022). He makes regular inputs to conferences, workshops and seminars around the world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	4
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Sustainability – The Importance of a Holistic Approach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Principles of Circular Construction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Principles of a Circular Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Better
Better – Efficiency in the Construction Industry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
The Case for Deconstruction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Building Capacity and Knowledge in the Local Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
New Buildings from Old Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Deconstruction of Place, Acceleration of Waste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Better – Moving towards Eco-efficiency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Reuse Infrastructure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Deconstruction Policy in Portland, Oregon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Less
Less – Sufficiency as Innovation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Strength Through Geometry and Material Effectiveness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Less – Moving towards Eco-effectiveness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
The Economy of Urban Mining Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Carbon Fees and Dividends, and a Circular Construction Industry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Towards a More Responsible Society with the Polluter Pays Principle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Different
Different – Consistency as a Principle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Ecology Must Have Priority! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Triodos Bank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Concular Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Materials Passports Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
The Urban Village Project Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Different – Moving towards Disruptive Innovation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Cooling as a Service (CAAS) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
A Circular Approach in Flooring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Be Careful What You Wish For Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Better + Less + Different
The Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) Unit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Appendix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
INDEX OF PERSONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
INDEX OF FIRMS, INSTITUTIONS AND INITIATIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
INDEX OF PROJECTS, PRODUCTS AND PUBLICATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
COLOPHON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160

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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architects and all those involved in building; students; general public
Pages
- Main content: 160
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 90
- Coloured Line drawings: 50
Keywords: Circular Economy; Sustainability; sustainable building; circularity; Urban mining; recycling; carbon pricing scheme; climate crisis; urban design; Building sustainably

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Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783035626353

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Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783035621099