Reuse

Reuse building components

Integrate reused building elements in your project, from the project or from another building site, to recover and reuse as much material as possible.

When to take action?

Who can take action?

Design team, contractor

Beginner expertise needed

Take action

Set an ambitious reuse target at the beginning of the design process.

Check the inventory and/ or online material platforms for reusable building components

Analyse which reusable components fit the provided functions during the feasibility phase, and update this list during the next design phases according to the availability of the components.

Foresee time and budget to buy and install the reused components in the building.

Input

Inventory of reusable building components, information on the performance of the components, overview of reusable components on online material reuse platforms.

Outcome

Avoidance of demolition waste by reusing building components. The closing of material loops.

Exemplary cases

Crèche Justice

Reuse of wooden door frames by Bellastock

For the Crèche Justice in Paris, the designer proposed the reuse of wooden pallets for the entire facade to enclose the large balconies. The designers (BFV Architectes) were not familiar with incorporating reclaimed materials, and that is where Bellastock was involved, an architectural office that works on experimental architecture with a focus on valorising (reclaimed) resources. The wooden doors, reclaimed from a neighbouring project, were reprocessed into the fitting facade modules.

More information on the Crèche Justice

BFV Architectes

Bellastock