Reuse and disassembly in Construction : from Abyss to Zen

marcuspollio · May 2023

Let's start this gaping discussion about the reuse and deconstruction of our built environment and how it fits into our open source approach !
Here we focus on adaptive reuse and components/elements/materials reuse as part of a circular economy model for construction.

As this is a very broad and complex topic, this first post provides a list of references and links to be completed as we go along. Feel free to share your expertise and contribute ! Perhaps we can reuse this base later for the wiki.
Thank you all for keeping the discussion constructive ☺

A for Actors, Advocates, Agencies and compAnies

Africa

Asia

Europe

Oceania

North America

South America

B for Books and puBlications

WOODCOCK G. David, STEWARD W. Cecil, FORRESTER R. Alan, Adaptive reuse : issues and case studies in building preservation, 1988, ISBN 9780442208158
BRAND Steward, How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built, 1994, ISBN 978-0-670-83515-7
DURMISEVIC Elma, Transformable building structures: Design for dissassembly as a way to introduce sustainable engineering to building design & construction, 2006, ISBN 978-90-9020341-6 (link)
GORGOLEWSKI Mark, Resource Salvation: The Architecture of Reuse, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-118-92877-6
IKE, ZHAW et al., Reuse in Construction, A Compendium of Circular Architecture, 2022, ISBN 978-3-03860-295-8

C for Case studies and Constructions

D for Design, Dimensions, Drawing and Documentation

E for Education, rEsearch and learning Experiences

H for Heritage and History

L for Legislation, guideLines and poLicies

M for Materials and coMponents

N for Network and iNitiatives

R for Resources, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

T for Tools and Technology

Z for Zen not Zombie

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Open standard for renovation / disassembly 'Material passports'

marcuspollio · May 2023

As a first step, I've proposed to add a REUSE and DISASSEMBLE tag to the Element Status for IFC 4.4 , so we can later develop specific workflows and operators for these type of projects.
What do you think ?

Ace · May 2023

A for Actors, Advocates, Agencies and compAnies
Africa
One company is Protector Build
https://protectorbuild.co.za/
They are a salvage and construction company in Johannesburg South Africa, I've used them in real jobs and they have saved me lots of money and I know the materials are being reused, so feels good.
Another more incredible example is the Mezimbite Forest Center near Dondo, Mozambique
started/headed by a guy name Alan Schwars
https://www.trickleout.net/index.php/casestudiesmainmenu/themezimbiteforestcentrecasestudies
The take cradle to grave very seriously and is one of the only working example of truly holistic construction I know of.

Ace · May 2023

@marcuspollio said:
As a first step, I've proposed to add a REUSE and DISASSEMBLE tag to the Element Status for IFC 4.4 , so we can later develop specific workflows and operators for these type of projects.
What do you think ?

I'm so surprised these tags don't already exist, that's an essential start!