OmBouwen / ReStructure
Three approaches to building intelligently
September 23 thru November 11, 2007
Location: Hogewal 1-9
Opening: Saturday September 22, 5 pm
17 October 2007, 8 pm
Lecture OmBouwen/ReStructure
with Jan Jongert (2012Architecten), Ed van Hinte (Lightness Studios) and Onno van Sandick (Ministerie van VROM).
Language: Dutch
26 November 2007, VPRO Television
Tegenlicht: Afval = voedsel (part 2)
on the Cradle to Cradle filosophy
view part 1 (broadcast in 2006)
Superuse, Building Lightness, Cradle to Cradle.
Building intelligently is a combination of technological development,
integration of functions, ethics and a radically new approach to
design. The focus is on sustainability and reuse, innovation and
creativity. Everything can be organized in a more clever way. Why not
cut waste flows short? Use whatever materials are available around
building sites. Make buildings much lighter than they are today. This
saves a lot of energy and material. Incorporate the dismantling of a
building or product into the design. Many people are of the opinion
that building intelligently will be the revolution of the 21st century.
The Black Madonna social housing block recycled!
The exhibition ‘OmBouwen/ReStructure' shows that the three approaches to building intelligently, i.e. reuse (Superuse), lightweight constructions (Building Lightness) and Cradle to Cradle, are different but complimentary.
Superuse looks back. Reuse everything available. In the exhibition the
window frames salvaged from the Black Madonna social housing block will
be used again. Cradle to Cradle looks to the future with designs
guaranteeing reuse of high quality, and looks at nature, with value
increase at every stage of the cycle: 'upcycling'. Building Lightness
adds to this the minimalism of effort and energy through the design of
smart structures.
Superuse (010 Publishers), the recent publication about building
and reuse, formed the occasion for Stroom to invite the Rotterdam-based
initiators 2012Architecten to design the exhibition. In order to
optimize the Superuse design method, 2012Architecten created the
foundation Recyclicity. Their basic point of departure is to turn waste
into building material, with minimal use of energy for transport and
processing.
www.superuse.org
Building Lightness, an initiative of Lightness Studios, founded
by Ed van Hinte (publicist in the field of design and technique),
stimulates the development and implementation of lightweight structures
and minimization of transported mass. Lightness saves energy and
material, increases productivity, accelerates and creates more
flexibility. In short lightness is more efficient.
www.lightness-studios.nl
The central idea behind the Cradle to Cradle philosophy of the
American architect William McDonough and the German chemist Michael
Braungart is to transform industry through an ecologically intelligent
design. Waste is a design mistake. Everything should be fully
recyclable. Products should be ‘designed for disassembly', so that the
materials can be reused as food in nature, the 'biosphere', or can be
used in a next design, in the 'technosphere'.
www.mbdc.com
Lecture William McDonough: The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle (YouTube).
Website Cradle to Cradle chronology
List of sources, publications, evenements, interviews, highlights etcetera.
Publication
'Superuse. Constructing new architecture by shortcutting material flows'
Text contributions: Ed van Hinte, Jan Jongert, Césare Peeren
Design: Erik Wong
Language: English
Price: € 19,50
Publisher: 010 Publishers
During the exhibition the book will be available at Stroom Den Haag.
Click here for a photo report of the installation of the show in progress.
- 23 Sep '07 - 11 Nov '07
- Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
- Entrance: free