Reuse of scrap wood: in a building product

Climate is changing. The average temperature on earth is rising due to excessive emissions of greenhouse gasses such as CO2. In the meantime the economy is a linear economy where a produced from exhaustive materials are consumed and turned into waste. In order to fight climate change and exhaust the earth less the greenhouse gas emissions need...

Production Biospheres: A new production space in Hembrug

The project named production biospheres created a process design aimed on the adaptive reuse of the Plots In The Woods site on the Hembrug terrain near Zaandam. The landscape and urban design for the site is based on methods used by landscape architects and ecologists based on the three terms cultivate, stage and set up, not just creating. The...

From parts to products: Using a wastestream for new product development

For this research a pilot project is conducted focusing on the wood wastestream from the consumer market. The waste generation growth is higher than the population growth due to increased consumption. Therefore, keeping materials in continuous loops for efficient waste management and to provide the materials for future generations gains...