News & Events
25 April 2019
SusCritMat Summer school, 10-12 July, Cambridge
Summer school for educators on the sustainable management of critical raw materials.
08 April 2019
Bootcamp ‘Circular Economy’ in Milan
Circular Built Environment experts of BK Bouwkunde together with colleagues of Politecnico Di Milano MIP Graduate School of Business delivered the bootcamp ‘Circular Economy’ for international MBA students. The main themes discussed were circular cities, critical materials and innovative circular solutions.
26 February 2019
Futurebuild 2019
Arjan van Timmeren and Alex Wandl (Urbanism, BK Bouwkunde TU Delft) discuss their ideas about circular cities with experts from all over the world at the Futurebuild 2019 event that will take place in London on 5-7 March 2019. The prototype of the REPAiR decision support system can be tested at the event.
04 February 2019
Remanufacturing – Turning the building industry circular
On 22 January 2019, the Circular Built Environment Hub in collaboration with EIT Raw Materials organised a workshop on remanufacturing of building products at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. The event attracted stakeholders interested in moving the building industry towards a circular economy.
20 December 2018
A kitchen for life
Together with producers and clients, researchers from BK Bouwkunde and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) developed a prototype circular kitchen. This kitchen can be renewed almost indefinitely and adjusted to individual preferences, meaning it is a kitchen for life.