Digital Deconstruction - Advanced Digital Solutions Supporting Reuse and High-Quality Recycling of Building Materials


Project Summary

Digital Deconstruction (DDC) was an innovated Interreg North West Europe project in which smart services were developed to make circular construction possible. And the environment green.

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 THE DIGITAL DECONSTRUCTION PROJECT CAME TO ITS FINAL STATUS. 
Follow and support the development on digital tools for the building industry, for the reuse of building materials and be part of the frontrunners on circular building. Check out the KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM OF GTB-LAB in Heerlen (NL), where the works on circular building continues and all information about the project will be updated by the project partners involved during the project time. Together we keep working on making circular economy in de building industry possible

Thank you for your support and commitment to this project.

THE LAST DDC NEWSLETTER (september 2023). 

THE VIDEO ABOUT DDC | ENGLISH WITH FRENCH SUBTITLE (launched midterm 2022)

The aims of the project
To develop an innovative digital decision support system, integrating various digital tools (3D scanning, Building Information Modelling, a digital materials & buildings database, blockchain technology) that helps to define the most sustainable and economical deconstruction and reuse strategy for building. By linking the digital system to innovative Building Information Model techniques, a cycle is created between design, construction and demolition. Scarce resources are reused in this way and will drastically reduce the huge CO2 emissions of the construction industry. Researchers within the project are working on this open-source software system so engineers can reuse materials released from the dismantling of renovation and demolition projects in the construction industry and create a more sustainable future. The project focuses on regions having set sustainable materials management, ecotechnologies, ICT and digitization in industry as one of their RIS3 priorities in The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, paving the way for roll-out to United Kingdom and Denmark. 

Project Outputs
The project developped the following main outputs:

  1. An integrated DDC system at TRL7, to be made accessible to companies in IT, engineering, construction & real estate sector as an open-source software package for further development and integration to market-ready products and services. See the knowledge platform for the information on the navigator and the integrated DDC system.

  2. A transnational network of Regional Innovation Hubs (RIH) that support the optimization, validation and roll-out of DDC solutions. 
  3. Pilot sites are a crucial part of the DDC project, as they aim for a real field application of the research, development and strategies created during the Digital Deconstruction project. As part of the Interreg project Digital Deconstruction, 5 pilot sites, located in the 4 cooperative countries, were chosen to implement the work that has been carried out by digital tools developers and all the other partners inside the ecosystem, experiment new ways to create strategy maximising reuse thanks to the help of the DDC System, and gather feedbacks from field application. Here the 5 sites in the 4 partner countries are detailled. 

Background of the project

Construction and demolition waste (CDW) accounts for about 1/3 of all waste produced in the EU. About 50% of this amount is currently recycled in most EU countries, however the majority of CDW is destined for backfilling and other low value applications (downcycling). In North West European countries reuse and high-quality recycling (upcycling) of CDW remains below 3%. ​​Poor digitalization of the construction sector is one of the key factors hindering better exploitation of circular opportunities. 
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Photo: Project partners Digital Deconstruction during the closing event 'Level Up Circular Building' on June 8, 2023 at the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen (NL)

 

Project Partners

Lead partner

Organisation Address Email Website
Provincie Limburg P.O. Box 5700
Maastricht
NL-6202 MA
Netherlands
hhajg.van.hooren@prvlimburg.nl www.limburg.nl
Name Contact Name Email Country
Campus Heerlen Management & Development BV (Brightlands Smart Services Campus) Yanick Dols yanick.dols@brightlands.com Netherlands
NOBATEK/INEF4 Benjamin Laclau blaclau@nobatek.inef4.com France
Block Materials Simon Duindam simon@blockmaterials.com Netherlands
Laboratory for Green Transformable Buildings Elma Durmisevic e.durmisevic@4darchitects.nl Netherlands
GreenFlex Sébastien Delpont sdelpont@greenflex.com France
BIM-Y Jean-Yves Marié team@bim-y.com Luxembourg
Kempens’ Landscape Tine van den Broeck Tine.vandenbroeck@kempenslandschap.be Belgium
Vilogia Julien Holgard julien.holgard@vilogia.fr France
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology Annie Guerriero annie.guerriero@list.lu Luxembourg
Buildwise Jeroen Vrijders Jeroen.vrijders@bbri.be Belgium
Schroeder et Associés s.a. Marc Feider Marc.feider@schroeder.lu Luxembourg
AREP Olivier James Olivier.james@arep.fr France
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Louise Francois louise.francois@sncf.fr France

News


DDC Newsletter 3 (January 2023)

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Digital Deconstruction newsletter gives you an update on the project goals, the modules and the pilots. In this edition a article on the pilot Hof ter Laken in Belgium, an interview with Patricia Savin, of Oree (FR) and Yannick Pau, project manager at Luxembourg Ministery of Environment, Climate and sustainability. Also a review on the Regional Innovation Hubs in each country. Read More

Interview Yannick Pau, Luxembourg Ministry for Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development

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How does Luxembourg address the concepts of the circular economy and more specifically in the field of construction? In June 2022, the Luxembourg government adopted a law that amends the waste law from 2012. As a result, the notions of reuse and re-cycling are more present in the "waste" law, in order to privilege a more globalized management of waste and resources. Read More

Interview Patricia Savin of OREE (FR)

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Depletion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity and global warming: so many global challenges to be met at the same time. According to the International Resource Panel, the global annual extraction of materials increased from 27 billion tonnes in 1972 to 92 billion tonnes in 2017. In Europe, the construction sector is one of the largest consumers of resources, with half of the raw materials extracted, half of the energy consumption and a third of the water consumption… not to mention the impact on land. Read More

Reuse and Demolition Inventory Forum Bruxelles

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On November 24th, 2022 Buildwise organized the Reuse and Demolition Inventory Forum on November, 24 in Bruxelles. It was a well visited forum where the subject was discussed that a good inventory for high-quality recycling and reuse at the demolition site is essential. Several players are developing services and digital tools to create inventories. These were well presented at the Forum on 24 November 2022. Read More

DDC Newsletter 2 (Oct 2022)

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The newsletter of the Digital Deconstruction project gives you updates on the several items within the project. Such as the testing of all modules, the status on the pilot sites in each participating country, the Regional Innovation Hubs and the events on the subject. Like to be informed in French, Dutch or English language, please follow the link to the subscription form. Read More


Events


2nd session Regional Innovation Hub France

, Villeneuve d'Ascq

It's time for the second edition of the DDC Regional Innovation Hub in France ! On June 24th, our French project partners welcome you to join them at Villeneuve d'Ascq (FR) for an afternoon, in French, of face-to-face exchange. Like to join? Go directly to the link to register. This second edition in France is intended to be a time of learning and sharing for project owners, around exemplary projects that have integrated materials from reuse or that have recovered materials from their building sites. How can you integrate these material recovery approaches into your projects and facilitate your reuse projects? Greenflex, Vilogia, Nobatek, AREP and SNCF are looking forward to meet you to share knowledge and hear what you still need.
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2nd session Regional Innovation Hub & 3rd GTB-Lab symposium

, Brightlands Smart Services Campus & GTB-Lab location Heerlen

During the 3rd International Reversible Circular Building Symposium the Digital Deconstruction Regional Innovation Hub event will take place in Heerlen (NL). The symposium will address lessons learned after the first construction stage of Laboratory for Green Transformable Buildings as the knowledge center for Circular Buildings followed up with the regional strategies for the transition to Circular economy in construction, state of the art with regards to the implementation of Reversible / Circular building design and methods of construction / deconstruction. Focus will be on lessons learned from the best practices and next steps for the regional development. We look forward to meet you on June, 22 in Heerlen (NL).
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Lecture GTB-Lab at 25th International Industrial Building Seminar Vienna

, Vienna

Project partner Elma Durmisevic from Green Transformable Building Lab (GTB-Lab) gives a lecture during the 25th International Industrial Building Seminar "Back to Bauhaus-the great reset" in Vienna on Friday 20/05. This seminar is organized by the University of Vienna. Her lecture will be about reversible building design and digitalization of architecture and will present the results of DDC projects and how reversible BIM can support circular building design. See the program and location of this event below.
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Mid Term Event Paris | April 7, 2022

, Tea Loft, 16 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, 75010 Paris

The project partners of Digital Deconstruction, a project of Interreg North West Europe, are organizing a Mid Term Event in Paris on the 7th of April for all DDC partners and their relations in the demolition, building, design, science and smart services businesses. The Mid Term Event will be held to give all relations an overview of the progress made and challenges to come regarding the Digital Deconstruction project and more widely how to scale up the reuse of materials in building sector. On the 5th and 6th of April, 2022 the BIM World Conference is a nice opportunity to visit when coming to the Mid Term Event. We will have a DDC stand present for both days of the show. This stand will allow us to present the project to a wider public. In addition, a ten-minute conference will be held on April 6th, at 10.30 a.m. on the following topic: Circular economy and resource saving on construction sites: the role of digital and keys to success. From March 21, 2022 registration is open for persons working in or involved in the (de)construction industry, designers of digital tools for reuse of materials of buildings, people working in smart services businesses.
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Regional Innovation Hub (B) theme session

, Online

How is BIM useful in demolition sites? Can it help reuse and recycle materials and demolition waste ? To answer these questions, The Belgian Regional Innovation Hub invites you to an interactive webinar where experts will present the use of BIM on circular demolition sites. This is one of a series of events this spring, under the theme of digital tools for sustainable and circular construction. See below the programme of this first interactive session on subjects related to digital tools for sustainable and circular construction.
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Transnational Innovation Hub review

, Online

On the 6th of October the 3th Transnational Innovation Hub was held by project partner WTCB-CSTC-BBRI. It was a lively session where the Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology (LIST) presented the DDC Platform and the modules in this platform. They presented the tools developed and exchange with the actors present. Actors in the deconstruction/designers field had several questions about the use of these tools, the costs and which problems could occur in practice or the industry has no answer for yet. The results of this Hub will be taken into account in the further development of the platform. The input of the actors in the field is very useful for perfecting the definite digital platform.
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PILOTS


The results of the project can be tested and demonstrated on 5 pilot sites, in the 4 cooperative countries, organized by one of the project partners, who is also the first contact for the pilot owner.

Each pilot owner must be able to set up the pilot on the basis of a manual en be able to make use of the present technological tools that are available at that time. These pilot owners are also supported in the process of demolition of buildings when using these instruments.

The manual for each pilot will be updated along the process of the pilot, the use of tools and the way of working. The pilot results can be used in the Regional Innovation Hubs.

Video pilot Gare Ettelbrück (Luxembourg)

In this video project partners and a demolition company owner show how the demolition of the station in Ettenbrück was carefully done with the knowledge of digital modules, so a large number of building materials can be reused for the rebuilding of the station. Video made by Luxembourg project partners LIST, Schroëder&Associes and BIM-Y.

Video Ettelbrück, Luxembourg.

3D scanning Hof Ter Laken (B)

On Thursday 29th of April 2021 the scanning of the castle, horse stables and barns of Hof Ter Laken, situated in Booischot (Heist-op-den-Berg) in Belgium. Project Partner BIM-Y made the scans. The architectural office received the data in June and is currently reviewing and evaluating it. At the end of 2020, project partner Kempens Landschap already had 3D scans of the buildings performed by another company, so it will be very interesting to compare their data to the data from BIM-Y in terms of quality and detail. In this way a useful evaluation can be made.

On Thursday 29th of April 2021 the scanning of the castle, horse stables and barns of Hof Ter Laken, situated in Booischot (Heist-op-den-Berg) in Belgium. Project Partner BIM-Y made the scans. The architectural office received the data in June and is currently reviewing and evaluating it. At the end of 2020, project partner Kempens Landschap already had 3D scans of the buildings performed by another company, so it will be very interesting to compare their data to the data from BIM-Y in terms of quality and detail. In this way a useful evaluation can be made. 

The next step is to see whether the 3D scans can be used for drawing up floor plans, cuts, etc. so that the demolition file can be drawn up more easily. It will also be examined whether it is possible to establish a digital link to certain elements that will be sold online, for example, on the basis of the digital copy that is now available of the buildings. 

Two barns behind the stables/depot will be deconstructed in the winter of 2021-2022. Or at least that's what they are planning for now. If the administrative procedures run out, it will be the spring of 2022. 

The interior of 1 part of the depot will also be deconstructed in that period. The other buildings on the domain will be preserved and will be restored in the coming years, preserving their heritage value. 

 

See the video of the scanning of this beautiful monumental castle and barns. Dutch spoken.

 

3D scanning Vilogia (Fr)

Digital Deconstruction is an innovated Interreg North West Europe project in which smart services are developed to make circular construction possible and the environment green. The project aims to develop a digital decision support system, integrating various digital tools. One of these tools is the 3D scanning of the buildings; it was tested on pilot sites in France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Belgium.

On June 15th in Norther France, in Lomme, city located in Lille Metropolitan Area, the 3D scanning was performed by project partner BIM-Y on Vilogia’s pilot site. The scan will illustrate the various states of the dwellings, depending on each dwelling particular story. 

Vilogia: “We scanned a residential building where 7 dwellings over 16 are still occupied. The scan was done in the unoccupied dwellings (9 over 16) and the external parts of the building. The outcome of the 3D scanning is quite impressive! We can virtually visit the dwellings and see their current state. The next step is to test the other modules for the digital software platform. 

  
When is/will this building be demolished, or will not be demolished?  
It should be deconstructed in 2022, depending on the administrative procedures that have to take place"  

 

3D scanning Roman Museum Heerlen (NL)

On monday 5th of July 2021 the Roman Museum in Heerlen was mapped with a 3D scanner by project partners GTB Lab (NL) and BIM-Y (LU).

On Monday 5 July 2021, the building of the Thermenmuseum (Roman Museum) Heerlen in the Netherlands was mapped with a 3D scanner. The building, which will be completely demolished, is one of five pilot projects within the Interreg North-West Europe subsidy project Digital Deconstuction (DDC). Under the leadership of the Province of Limburg, 14 European project partners from France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are developing a digital software platform that can define materials in buildings for reuse and enable circular construction.

 

Press release on this 3D scanning 

Counsel members municipality Heerlen, Charles Claessens and Jordy Clemens were present.

3D scanning Gare Villeneuve Saint Georges (FR)

In Villeneuve (FR) project partners Greenflex, Vilogia and AREP started the 3D scanning of the buildings and the area around the buildings. They scanned Gare Villeneuve Saint Georges as this building needs to be deconstruct in 2022.

 

More information: of the 3D scanning of Gare Villeneuve

Publications


On 30th of September 2023 the DDC project has ended. All documentations and publications on the project are archived on this website which will be maintained by Interreg NWE. After the project period the website will not be adjusted with new information. Therefore a Knowledge Platform on DDC is built which will be maintained with the latest results on circular building, events etc.

For the future all publications, results and other documents (as Manifestos etc.) on the development of the DDC software platform and all modules and testing areas (pilots) can also be found on the Knowledge Platform of GTB-Lab in Heerlen (NL). All publications are for general use. Also press releases and articles in thematical magazines, linked to project milestones and events are published here.

 

Video French partners about the results out of the pilots | how to reuse building materials.

Our French partners Greenflex, AREP and Vilogia made a video on how to reuse building materials. The video can be shown on our YouTube channel. Check out the link below.

View here the interviews with the pilot project partners. 

 

Newsletter 5 | the last edtion

Here you will find the last newsletter of Digital Deconstruction. The project has ended on 30th of september 2023 and information about the development of the digital decision software system can be found on several other platforms of our project partners. See the information in this newsletter. Thank you for following and supporting us. Level up circular building!

Newsletter 5 - English

Nieuwsbrief 5 - Dutch

Bulletin 5 - French 

Videos on DDC digital decision software platform

Project partner LIST has made several videos on the development of the DDC platform and the several modules. All videos are now available on their youtube channel.

Click here for the video channel of LIST.

Manifesto For Circular (De)Construction

This manifesto was produced by researchers at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), as part of the INTERREG NWE Digital Deconstruction project (Advanced Digital Solutions Supporting Reuse and High-Quality Recycling of Building Materials), a project funded by the European Regional Development Fund and co-financed by the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development.

This manifesto aims to present initiatives in the field of deconstruction and construction in order to encourage a range of good practices and develop activities relating to the circular economy in Luxembourg. It envisages a more rational management of resources, giving priority to the prevention and reduction of waste through the reuse and optimal recovery of building components resulting from deconstruction.

You can find the Manifesto here

Explanation on the test sites for the DDC modules

Click the video in which our French project partners Greenflex, Vilogia and AREP explain how the pilots were a perfect test site for the modules of the digital deconstruction system. The modules integrated in the digital decision software help building, design and demolition companies to scan, trace and store materials which can be reused in new building projects. The video was made after the final event where all partners gathered for presenting the last results on the development of the DDC digital decision software system for a more circular building industry.

Circularity, a priority in the renovation of Usquare.brussels

The Usquare.brussels project aims to transform the Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles into a dynamic site. This renovation project set very high standards in terms of sustainability, while also adopting a circular demolition strategy using BIM.

Below you will find the publication of Buildwise "Circularity, a priority in the renovation of Usquare.brussels, in English, Dutch and French. 

English version

Dutch version

French version

Enhancing circular demolition through digitalization.

Significant advancements are underway in the field of circularity. In late May, approximately 100 participants gathered at the headquarters of Buildwise, formerly CSTC-WTCB, to witness firsthand how they could more effectively commit to a circular demolition strategy. Undoubtedly, digital tools already exist, as evidenced by the Interreg Digital Deconstruction pilot projects. It’s now imperative to gradually integrate these tools into our own way of working.

Below you will find the publication of Buildwise "Enhancing circular demolition through digitalization" in English, Dutch and French.

English version 

Dutch version 

French version

DDC Newsletter 4 (May 2023)

The newsletter of Digital Deconstruction contains again lots of articles about circular economy, circularity in the building environment and the works on the digital software platform. Also in this newsletter the lessons learned by Province of Limburg (NL) in circular economy, the kick start on urban mining in Parkstad Limburg (NL) and the explanation on the module: digital decision software platform.

The newsletter is in English, Dutch and French.

Report of a study on digital trading platforms

Reuse of building materials is one of the key points of circular economy in the construction sector. However, offer and demand of reused materials do not always meet. To facilitate the circulation of these materials, several digital trading platforms have been developed across North-Western Europe.

To get a better view of this burgeoning market, a study was pursued within the framework of the Digital Deconstruction Interreg project. A total of 41 platforms were analysed and several interviews were conducted.


Read the report of this study, as well as a short summary containing the list of platforms analyzed.

BIM based inventory to prepare a circular demolition

Sustainability and digitization go hand in hand and are gaining popularity. Digital tools are proving their usefulness in achieving high circularity in both the construction and demolition industries. Lionel Bousquet of BXLMRS Architects applied a BIM model to create a digital inventory of all materials in the CCN (Communication Center North), which enables circular demolition.

 

BIM based inventory to prepare a circular demolition (ENG)

BIM inventarisatie ter voorbereiding van de circulaire sloop (NL)

Faire l'inventaire à l'aide du BIM pour mieux préparer la démolition circulaire (FR)

Quote “To make the process affordable you need to know what to model and what not to model. You need a high dose of pragmatism” Lionel Bousquet.

 

DDC Newsletter 3 (January 2023)

Digital Deconstruction newsletter gives you an update on the project goals, the modules and the pilots. In this edition a article on the pilot Hof ter Laken in Belgium, an interview with Patricia Savin, of Oree (FR) and Yannick Pau, project manager at Luxembourg Ministery of Environment, Climate and sustainability.

Read all about it in one of the 3 languages you prefer. 

Making a good inventory | document by Buildwise

A good inventory is the starting point for high quality recycling and reuse for a demolition project. Learn all about inventories in this illustrated booklet.

Buildwise gives insights on
1. How are inventories made?
2. What is the difference between the demolition and the reuse inventory?
3. Why are they useful for circularity?
4. What do they look like? A
5. Are there digital tools which can help make inventories?   

Read all about this in the documents, written in Dutch, French and English

Forum for reuse and demolition inventories Brussels | November 24, 2022

The Forum for reuse and demolition inventories took place on 24th November at Greenbizz in Brussels. An event organised by Buildwise (the new name for BBRI) as part of the Digital Deconstruction project.

The Forum for reuse and demolition inventories took place on 24th November at Greenbizz in Brussels. An event organised by Buildwise (the new name for BBRI) as part of the Digital Deconstruction project. On the agenda, no long presentations, but instead, there were a great many opportunities to network and discover digital tools. This is the driver for the world of circular demolition: partners finding each other in their shared aims of giving mate­rials a second life.

9 service providers were pres­ent: B²ASC, BatiRIM, Circonflexe, Cirdax, Diag it, Inspectr, LIST (DDC plat­form), ROTOR and Skop.

The documents give a good review on the Forum and the presentation from Buildwise. Available in Dutch, French and English.

 

Digitally mapped Hof ter Laken (B)

Heritage buildings and sustainability go hand in hand. Yet it is not an easy task to draw up an inventory of the materials in a historic building and then deconstruct them effectively. In order to achieve this ambition in the restoration of the outbuildings at Hof Ter Laken, Kempens Landschap could count on the support of a whole range of digital tools from the Digital Deconstruction project.

Heritage buildings and sustainability go hand in hand. Yet it is not an easy task to draw up an inventory of the materials in a historic building and then deconstruct them effectively. In order to achieve this ambition in the restoration of the outbuildings at Hof Ter Laken, Kempens Landschap could count on the support of a whole range of digital tools from the Digital Deconstruction project.

Enclosed the case study in English, French and Dutch

Kempens Landschap also finished the report on the demolition works of the stables of the castle Hof ter Laken. 

 

Overview results of the first survey (2020) on DDC

In 2020, an online survey was conducted to obtain a view on the end-user needs in terms of digitalisation, demolition, reuse and recycling. More than 200 answers were received, coming from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Luxemburg. In this report (ENG), project partner Buildwise (formerly BBRI) presents an overview of the results of this survey. This was the first deliverable of the DDC project.

 

Results first online survey on the end-user needs 

DDC Newsletter 2 (Oct 2022)

The newsletter of the Digital Deconstruction project gives you updates on the several items within the project. Such as the testing of all modules, the status on the pilot sites in each participating country, the Regional Innovation Hubs and the events on the subject. Like to be informed in French, Dutch or English language, please follow the link to the subscription form. The next edition will appear in January, March and May/June 2023.

You can find the 3 versions of the newsletter here.

Article on circular economy activities | newsletter of LIST

LIST, our partner in Luxembourg, published articles on circular economy activities in Luxembourg.

 

Read the article here. 

BIM for urban mining
Green Design Biennale Mostar October 2022

This year, the 10th Green Design Biennale organised by Sarajevo Green Design Foundation and City of Mostar brings together international networks and knowledge in the field of green and circular design, into a unique multidisciplinary, multi-layered and creative platform. Green Design Biennale involves all scales of design from product scale to urban scale. Number of exhibitions, lectures, town hall discussions and workshops were organised addressing the state of the art in sustainable design and dilemmas that product-design, architecture, urban design and construction industry are facing in the 21st century.

Objectives of this initiative are to:

- highlight the role of a good quality design in circular economy;

- promote the role of digitalisation in circular buildings;

- bring focus to sustainability and green design;

- bring together designers, academic institutions and manufacturers;

- inspire new types of collaboration that will provide more intelligent and green design solutions.

This year’s themes are dealing with digitalization and implementation of circular economy in architecture and design of healthy and inclusive green buildings and cities.

Read more about the Biennale in Mostar in this article (from GTB-Lab)

Reversible BIM (Building Information Modeling)

Reversible BIM module developed by E. Durmisevic 2018 is one of the four modules that are integrated on the Digital Deconstruction platform to support decision making regarding reuse and deconstruction strategies.

Reversible BIM© module enables a digital assessment of the technical reversibility of buildings and recovery options of building components and materials by assessment of technical and physical dependences between building parts based on the model (Durmisevic, 2006).  

See the article on Reversible BIM here. 

Article in Le Moniteur (FR) about reuse building materials

This French article is written after the 2nd Regional Innovation Hub in Paris, at Greenflex office.

Acces to the article directly (when you are subscriber).

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Réemploi des matériaux : ces projets qui émergent en Ile-de-France

Bruno Mouly |  le 16/09/2022  |  Réemploi des matériaux,  Economie circulaire,  Ile-de-France

Ma newsletter personnalisée

La deuxième édition du Hub d’Innovation du Réemploi organisé le 15 septembre par Greenflex à Paris, a mis en évidence divers projets et opérations d’économie circulaire dans le bâtiment.

Avec la production de 41 millions de tonnes (Mt) par an de déchets de matériaux de construction, dont 51% sont issus de la démolition des bâtiments (21 Mt), 36% de leur rénovation (15,1 Mt) et 13% de la construction neuve (5,6 Mt), l’économie circulaire dans le bâtiment a une importante marge de progression lorsqu’on sait que moins de 1% de ces déchets sont réemployés.

De multiples projets de réemploi commencent de fait à se développer en France et en Europe. « Le projet européen Interreg Nord West Europe Digital Deconstruction, qui regroupe 14 partenaires européens dont les français Vilogia bailleur social, l’Arep l’agence d’architecture pluridisciplinaire, SNCF Gares & Connexions et Greenflex, a l’ambition d’aider au développement d’une filière de réemploi en agrégeant la demande et en améliorant la qualité de l’offre » a indiqué Sébastien Delpont, directeur conseil chez Greenflex.

Les partenaires de ce projet (dont les Français qui hébergent les sites pilotes dans l’hexagone) ont l’objectif de systématiser le réemploi des matériaux lors de la déconstruction des bâtiments. Le programme s’articule autour d’échanges sur les pratiques et sur la mise en commun des connaissances des acteurs du secteur. Il soutient le développement d’outils digitaux facilitant le réemploi et la déconstruction sélective et s’attache à tester ces outils sur 5 chantiers pilotes de déconstruction de bâtiment pour évaluer leur pertinence et améliorer leur développement en fonction des besoins. « Le numérique doit servir d’outil d’aide à la décision aux stratégies de déconstruction » a-t-il souligné.

 

L'Ile-de-France en pointe

 

En France, les projets se multiplient tous azimuts. Plaine Commune, communauté de 8 communes de Seine-Saint-Denis, s’engage dans l’économie circulaire du BTP à l’échelle de son territoire. « Notre projet vise à généraliser le réemploi des matériaux sur l’ensemble des programmes de démolition, de réhabilitation et de construction de bâtiments sur la base des exigences d’une charte d’économie circulaire et d’une boîte à outils qui permet de sourcer les matériaux de réemploi » a précisé Justine Emringer, cheffe de projet Métabolisme urbain de Plaine Commune. Ainsi, la réhabilitation de la friche Badcock à la Courneuve a permis de récupérer des briques pour la maçonnerie paysagère d’une ferme agricole urbaine à Stains. Et sur le chantier d’Icade Pulse à Aubervilliers, on a réemployé les dalles de faux planchers.

De son côté, Est Métropole Habitat « a récupéré et valorisé 2 600 m2 de parquet en chêne massif dans la réhabilitation de la friche urbaine l’Autre Soie à Villeurbanne (Rhône) » selon Paul Sachot, son chargé de mission Expérimentation.

Enfin, dans la transformation de l’ancien siège d’Airbus à Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine) en résidence étudiante, commerces et bureaux dont une partie sera livrée en février 2023, Vilogia va réemployer in-situ et hors-situ, 1 000 m2 de pierres de façade, 150 m de cloisons vitrées, 1000 m2 de faux plafonds, 110 stores et 1300 m2 de faux plancher. 

 

 

 

 

Press release on Hof Ter Laken (B)

Project partner Kempens Landschap has one pilot project in Belgium, Hof ter Laken in Heist-op-den-Berg, where various materials out of the old castle, horse stables and barns are scans and tested for recycling. The two barns behind the stables/depot will be deconstructed. The interior of 1 part of the depot will also be deconstructed in that period. The other buildings on the domain will be preserved and will be restored in the coming years, preserving their heritage value. More information on this pilot project, read enclosed press release (in Dutch).

Press release on the pilot project in Belgium: Hof ter Laken. 

This is the moment for circular building

In the Dutch newspaper De Limburger an interview with Elma Durmisevic and Thomas Bergstra was placed on circular building.

Everybody talks about circular building, but it doesn't exist yet. Now is the moment to start with circular building in Parkstad Limburg as the task on construction and deconstruction is now economically interesting, says Elma Durmisevic from Green Transformable Building Lab in Heerlen. 

Read here the article (in Dutch) on this subject.

Newsletter

The newsletter of the Digital Deconstruction project gives you updates on the several items within the project. Such as the testing of all modules, the status on the pilot sites in each participating country, the Regional Innovation Hubs and the events on the subject.

 

 

The newsletter launched on May 31, 2022 you will find here. 

Like to be informed in French, Dutch or English, sign in on the subscription form on the same page. 

Publication on pilot Ettelbrück (LUX) - Ein Bahnhof spendet seine 'organe'

For Luxemburger Wort, a newspaper in Luxembourg, Guillaume Dubois gave an interview on the pilot Ettelbrück. The station will be demolished and materials from this ancient building reused instead of placing in building depots. This article (in German) gives an insight on the recycling economy of building materials.

Read the article here.

Article on DDC Manifesto in Recyclage et Récupération (FR)

The professional magazine Recyclage et Récupération in France edited an article on DDC Manifesto. Read the article below.

Recyclage et Récupération

What if the city was a mine?

What if the city was a mine? Re-employment is on the rise in the construction sector

What if the city was a mine? If, looking at it, you did not see apartment buildings, houses, stores or offices. But bricks, tiles, frames, parquet floors, natural stone, cobblestones, tiles... In short, a source of materials.

Read more about urban mining in the article of RTBF.be, for which one of our partners, Jeroen Vrijders from BBRI Belgium, was interviewed.

Article on Manifesto in Mat Environnement (FR)

Accélérer le réemploi en Europe via les outils digitaux

Digital DeConstruction, consortium de 14 partenaires européens, soutenu en France par GreenFlex, l’AREP, SNCF Gares & Connexions, Nobatek/INEF4 et Vilogia, entend accélérer le réemploi en Europe, notamment au moyen d’outils digitaux.

Digital Deconstruction participe à la structuration d’un écosystème, centré autour de trois principes : « Réduire, Réutiliser, Recycler ». Celui-ci repose sur la volonté d’être bien plus sobre et efficace dans les usages et la consommation de matériaux. Le consortium prévoit ensuite de faire évoluer le mix matériaux de la construction vers des solutions moins carbonées et d’explorer les façons de mieux produire des matériaux d’usage commun : verre, acier, béton,...

Article in French magazine Mat Environnement about the digital platform for reducing waste in the construction and demolition industry.

 

Manifesto on circular economy in building industry

Partner of the Digital Deconstruction project which aims to develop the circular economy in the building industry, GreenFlex wants to be one of the catalysts for ever more resilient approaches in this sector.

Together with the French partners of the program, AREP, Vilogia, NOBATEK/INEF4 and SNCF Gares & Connexions, they have developed the Manifesto for a circular (de)construction, support to share with you their vision of the sector, and their understanding of the levers to be activated to massively use reuse in the building sector.

You can download this Manifesto and learn more about their ambitions and ambitions of the Digital DeConstruction program, Interreg North West Europe (NWE) project, visit the brand new GreenFlex website!

Or click here for the (French) pdf file of the Manifesto.

Article on the application of the take-back system for waste from construction sector (French)

The public authorities announce the postponement to 1 January 2023 "at the latest" of the application of the take-back system for waste from the construction sector.

According to the AGEC law of February 2020, the framework for the recovery of construction sector waste by an eco-organisation was supposed to become a reality on 1 January 2022. This will finally be the case "by 1 January 2023 at the latest", according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Ecological Transition on 17 November 2021.

French article here.

Scientific paper presented on CIB W78 - LDAC 2021

During the CIB W78 - LDAC 2021 conference project partner Elma Dumisevic presented a scientific paper on DDC, entitled"Development of conceptual digital deconstruction platform with integrated Reversible BIM to aid decision making and facilitate a circular economy"

Iceberg article on DDC

Iceberg, the platform of circular economy of building materials published a article on the District Deconstruction project.

Read the article on their website.

DDC State of the Art on digital tools for Urban Mining

Digital products, services and tools supporting the recovery of building materials sourced from deconstruction operations

This report consists in a review of digital products, services and tools already available in the market or in development that support the recovery of building materials sourced from deconstruction operations. Every product, service or tool is briefly explained with the help of information such as used technologies, explanation on how the products can help the recovery of reclaimed product, etc.

This review does not pretend to be exhaustive, but hopes to give an overview of what new digital technologies can bring to the world of repair, reclaim, reuse and recycle.

Focus. Trois initiatives associant numérique et économie circulaire

Campus Transfo Num (FR) published this article about three initiatives to make circular economy possible. The Interreg NWE project Digital Deconstruction is one of them.

Campus Transfo Num in France enables its members to learn, train, discuss, collaborate, find solutions and growth drivers in order to better manage all of their activities at a lower cost.To do this, Campus Transfo Num shares a set of information from the major players in the sector and organizes working groups to jointly define the challenges and methods to come for a building that is healthier, more efficient and respectful of the environment.

 

See the article: Trois initiatives associant numerique et économie circulaire

Blog Innovation and Infrastructure Government The Netherlands

Information on the 4 best practices in circularity in France. Digital Deconstruction is one of the innovative and sustainable projects mentioned by the Central Government of The Netherlands, by the Dutch embassy in France.

Blog Innovatie en Infrastructuur Rijksoverheid Nederland, Franse ambassade
Blog Innovation and Infrastructure Government The Netherlands, embassy France

NWE making an impact - 44 innovation projects

Our new publication "NWE making an impact - Cooperation in action" provides a summary of all projects, showcases specific results and demonstrates the positive impact of transnational cooperation on the NWE territory. This publication was produced under the scope of the NWE Programme Capitalization Strategy, which aims at maximizing the impact from projects as well as ensuring long term benefits for NWE and Europe as a whole.

Read more in the publication of NWE 

Regional Innovation Hubs

The Regional Innovation Hubs (RIHs) bring together industry frontrunners and other parties interested in digital tools for reuse and high quality recycling. These networks allow participants to explore possibilities to use digital technology for urban mining – through demonstrations, explanations, hands on testing and practical use cases. Members of the Hubs will also discover first-hand the innovative digital tools developed by the Digital Deconstruction project and share experiences with other frontrunners in the sector.

In each of the four countries participating in the Digital Deconstruction project is set up a Regional Innovation Hub (RIH) : Belgium, France, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands.

The Regional Innovation Hubs reach out to general and demolition contractors, architects and consultants, public or private clients interested in circular economy, software developers, and stakeholders in the reclamation and recycling industry. The RIHs have the objective to create and coordinate a network of deconstruction actors interested in digitalization. Within the network, participants are empowered to start new projects and develop their skills and knowledge.

A Transnational Hub is also set up to allow frontrunners to dive deep in the technological developments of the Digital Deconstruction modules, and share on transnational issues, creating a network for future developments of DDC tools.

Would you like to get hands-on experience with innovative digital tools for urban mining and discuss your experience with industry pioneers? Click on Events and join the activities of your Regional Innovation Hub. The next Regional Innovation Hubs will be in November 2021, in France and The Netherlands.

 

Regional Innovation Hub Belgium: 23th of June 2021 

Regional Innovation Hub Luxembourg: 8th of July 2021

Reuse Innovation Hub France, 16th of November 2021

Second Regional Innovation Hub Luxembourg: 30th of November 2021

First Regional Innovation Hub Heerlen: 12th of January 2022 

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