Open Construction

Envisioning a network for construction circularity in an urbanising landscape in the province of South Holland

Student report (2020)

Authors

N. Carvajal Ordonez Architecture and the Built Environment
L.E. Conijn Architecture and the Built Environment
C.H.B. Hanse Architecture and the Built Environment
Y. Huang Architecture and the Built Environment
F. Ruiz Carvajal Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

M.M. Dabrowski Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
R.M. Rooij Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
C. Forgaci Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 Nicolas Carvajal Ordonez, Laura Conijn, Christiaan Hanse, Yixiang Huang, Federico Ruiz Carvajal
Circular economy (CE) Construction and demolition waste Urbanisation Province of South Holland Construction hub Open scales
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

A nationwide program for building one million dwellings aims to relieve the Netherland’s housing crisis: nearly a quarter of this construction will take place in South Holland. Currently, the construction industry needs a huge input of raw materials that is not only causing waste problems but is also decreasing environmental quality. A large part of construction and demolition waste (CDW) is being downcycled, losing economic and material value. This creates not only a need but an opportunity for a construction and demolition (C&D) industry based on circular flows and biobased materials. The goal of this project is to produce a vision with strategies for the implementation of circularity along with the resolution of spatial conflicts in different scales.An overview of the spatial, technical and economic needs of the C&D industry and its externalities in urban environments was made. This resulted in the understanding of the spatial conflicts currently taking place between these two spheres of development and the potentials that circularity will have on jobs and consumption patterns. From this, a proposal for a circularity model with three components was formulated: an open network with a central production hub and peripheric logistic hubs, an open program for these hubs that adapts to current and future needs, and open edges that create interactions with their built and social environment.