Building Component Reuse in a Primary School in the Boerhaavewijk

Building Component Reuse in a Primary School in the Boerhaavewijk

Hogenkamp, Laura (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Parravicini, M. (mentor)
Tomesen, P.L. (mentor)
Ioannou, O. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Architectural Engineering

2023-06-27

The building industry is one of the most resource-demanding and polluting industries in the world. Therefore there is a need to apply the circular economy principles within the industry enabling the transition towards a circular built environment. This transition requires the reuse of building components. However current practice shows that only components with high building quality or economic value are reused. Meanwhile, most buildings listed for demolition consist of low-quality and low economic valued building components. This is the case in post-war neighbourhoods resulting in a lot of construction and demolition waste. The paper investigates all factors that influence the value of building components in order to increase the rate of reuse. These factors are based on literature and summarized in a table of 23 factors. The post-war neighbourhood Boerhaavewijk in Haarlem serves as a case study to show how to determine the value of building components. The results show that post-war building components have value and reuse potential. The reclaimed building components are used in a primary school in the Boerhaavewijk.

Urban Mining
Component reuse
Value of a building component
Post-war neighbourhood
Reuse Potential
Boerhaavewijk Haarlem
Primary school
Architecture
Architectural Engineering

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