REUSE IN CONSTRUCTION
A COMPENDIUM OF CIRCULAR ARCHITECTURE
BAUTEILE WIEDERVERWENDEN
EIN KOMPENDIUM ZUM ZIRKULÄREN BAUEN
General informations
- 2021 (German)
- 2022 (English)
- Published by: Park Books
- Edited by: ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering; Institute of Constructive Design (IKE), Eva Stricker, Guido Brandi, Andreas Sonderegger; baubüro in situ AG and Zirkular GmbH, Marc Angst, Barbara Buser, Michel Massmünster
- Project supervision: Eva Stricker
- Content editing: Marc Angst, Guido Brandi, Barbara Buser, Michel Massmünster, Andreas Sonderegger, Eva Stricker
- K.118 case study
- Concept and content: Marc Angst, Guido Brandi, Eva Stricker
- Experts: Design and construction: Marc Loeliger, Alexis Ringli, Alain Roserens, Andreas Sonderegger
- Construction organization: Annatina Menn (pp. 244, 245), Michael Eidenbenz (pp. 240–243, 246, 247)
- Costs: Michael Eidenbenz, Pascal Hentschel, Selma Nayme-Schulz, Cyrille Veron
- Greenhouse gas emissions: Harald Huth, Michael Pöll, Katrin Pfäffli, Kerstin Müller, Dario Vittani
- Text contributions: Marc Angst, Oya Atalay Franck, Guido Brandi, Barbara Buser, Deborah Fehlmann, Patric Fischli-Boson, Marc Loeliger, Michel Massmünster, Annatina Menn, Ákos Moravánszky, Andreas Oefner, François Renaud, Alexis Ringli, Andreas Sonderegger, Eva Stricker; Editorial texts: Andreas Sonderegger (pp. 322–339), Eva Stricker (all others)
- Discussion contributions: Andreas Abegg, Marc Angst, Guido Brandi, Michael Eidenbenz, Nathanea Elte, Michaël Ghyoot, Pascal Hentschel, Meinrad Huser, Christian Kohler, Marc Loeliger, Kerstin Müller, Katrin Pfäffli, Michael Pöll, Tina Puffert, Barbara Rentsch, Alexis Ringli, Andreas Sonderegger, Eva Stricker, Arne Vande Capelle, Cyrille Veron, Barbara Zeleny
- Editorial concept: Eva Stricker with Ludovic Balland and Annina Schepping, Typography Cabinet GmbH, Basel
- Infographics concept and design (pp. 213–263): Annina Schepping and Ludovic Balland
- Plan drawings: Michèle Brand, Guido Brandi, Benjamin Poignon
- Photographs K.118 (pp. 218–232, 289–294, 298–312): Martin Zeller
- All other photographs: see image credits
- Translations: Horner Translations, David Koralek, Ian Pepper, Iain Reynolds
- Copy editing: Simon Cowper, Lisa Schons
- Proofreading: Colette Forder
- © 2022 ZHAW Institute for Constructive Design, baubüro in situ AG and Park Books AG, Zurich
- © for the texts: the authors
- © for the images: see image credits
Technical informations
- Typefaces: Waldeck © Isia Yurovsky
- Paper: Peydur lissé 135 g/m2, Peyer Graphics; Enviro Ahead 115 g/m2, INAPA; Creative Print diamant 120 g/m2, IGEPA
- Image processing, printing, and binding: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH
- English ISBN: 978-3-03860-295-8
- German ISBN: 978-3-03860-259-0
While building with reused components has become one of the most widely noted phenomena in the European architectural discourse in recent years, it is only slowly finding its way into the everyday practice of architects. Whenever components that can last for decades are not destroyed but reused for new buildings, this not only saves resources. It also drastically reduces energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions during the construction phase. Circular construction brings with it a whole range of questions, however—ranging from technical and energy-related to legal ones. This applies even more so today, although the practice itself can look back on a long tradition across history.
This book is a comprehensive compendium on the topic of reuse in construction that, in addition to the theoretical discourse, also looks at the various practical questions by using a concrete example: the head-end building K.118 on the Sulzer Areal in Winterthur, which is the largest building in Switzerland built primarily with reused components to date. Since 2018, an interdisciplinary research project has evaluated this pilot project with regard to the architectural-constructive, energy-related, economic, procedural and legal aspects involved in its construction. The texts and graphic materials collected in this book present the findings of this study in a highly informative and visually striking way.
Concept
The concept of reuse can be compared with the practice of cross-referencing in typography: different pieces of content that reference each other, which usually takes place in the margins.
Throughout the main part of this book, the margin columns are defined vertically and horizontally by chapter and are colour coded.
The different layers of the content thus expand on and complement each other, so comparisons can be drawn and connections made—in short, they can be ‘reused’ for a maximized, comprehensive and multifaceted understanding of the topic of reuse.
