Towards zero-waste buildings - Building design for reuse and disassembly
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Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Architecture and urban design (MPARC), MSc
Publicerad
2020
Författare
Grmela, Václav
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This master thesis investigates the potentials of
zero- waste buildings as one of the strategies to
be used in the sustainable building environment.
According to the EU Waste Framework directive, 70%
of all construction and demolition waste has to be
reused or recycled, by 2020. The goal of this study is
to bring up some of the design challenges connected
to this and increase interest for a sustainable praxis.
Participation in various events, meetings and visiting
exhibitions, further helped to gain a comprehensive
understanding of the topic. Some of the involved
actors, such as architects, engineers and several
product companies, were contacted, to get a holistic
view of state of the art in the field.
Based on the investigation, a series of possible design
solutions is presented in the catalogue that forms the
central part of the thesis booklet. This part has the
goal to give the reader an idea of how does design for
disassembly might look like and inspire to carry out
further investigations.
An analysis of various projects and the methods,
used during the construction and dismantling of
the buildings, show that there is a big potential for
improvement. Building and component design that
prevents a product’s effective dismantling needs to
be reviewed. Not producing more waste, ensuring the
value preservation and simple reuse in future, shall be
considered a priority.