Zero-Waste Mass-Timber Residential High-Rise

Zero-Waste Mass-Timber Residential High-Rise: A sustainable high-density housing solution

van Houten, Robert (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Parravicini, M. (mentor)
van der Zaag, E.J. (graduation committee)
Jennen, P.H.M. (graduation committee)
Rooij, R.M. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

2020-01-24

More and more people live in cities. The building industry is responsible for 33% of waste production and is set to increase further to 50% in 2025. The energy efficiency is continuously increased, but the waste production at the end of life of a building is largely ignored. This design proposes a solution in the form of a zero-waste high-rise design. It uses only recyclable or renewable materials. Mass-timber is chosen as the main material as it is not only renewable and easily reusable, it is also a storage of CO2. The design reuses the foundation of existing buildings, and with the lightweight properties of mass-timber, increases the density on the location by building taller. The design is four times taller as the current buildings. To allow for sustainable densification, the design offers public and collective qualities. The building has been designed is such a way to be easily refitted during its life cycle or to be completely disassembled at the end of life.

zero-waste
mass-timber
residential
high-rise

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Student theses

master thesis

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