Amstel III - The Reuse City

Implementing urban mining as a tool to transform vacant office buildings, reusing 100% of the existing building components.

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

D.A. Lukkes Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

M. Parravicini Building Product Innovation - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)

E.J. van der Zaag Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)

P Luscuere Building Services - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment

Circularity Reuse Transformation Urban mining Building component

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Published Date

28-06-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Our excessive need for new building materials is causing our natural material stock to be depleted at an alarming rate. What happens if our most common building materials can no longer be acquired? This thesis shows the potential in reusing buildings and the components they comprise of by setting an example. An existing office building is transformed and expanded, where almost all building components the building currently is comprised of are reused, provided that they add to the building’s aesthetic, functional and environmental value. Additionally, surrounding buildings that are up for demolition serve as material resources from which additionally needed building components are harvested. The process of urban mining shall serve as a tool to make this possible.