Circular and Flexible Indoor Partitioning—A Design Conceptualization of Innovative Materials and Value Chains

Geldermans, Bob; Tenpierik, Martin; Luscuere, P.G.

doi:10.3390/buildings9090194

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“…According to the literature, flexible strategies for circular buildings are similar to those mentioned in the building adaptability-related literature (Eberhardt et al. , 2022), including design for material independency (shearing layers) and utilisation of moveable components (Geldermans et al. , 2019c).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…"Circular built environment is that "embeds the principles of a circular economy across all its functions, establishing an urban system that is regenerative, accessible and abundant by design." (Acharya et al, 2018) Quality: Circularity of the economy "system of closed-resource loop" Aim: Regenerative and available built environment (Eberhardt et al, 2022), including design for material independency (shearing layers) and utilisation of moveable components (Geldermans et al, 2019c).…”

Section: Circular Built Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Circular building adaptability and its determinants – A literature review

Hamida

Jylhä

Remøy

et al. 2022

IJBPA

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PurposeAdaptability is an inherent quality in building circularity, as adaptability can physically facilitate the reversibility of materials in a closed-reversible chain, also called “loops”. Nevertheless, positioning adaptability in circularity-oriented models could overlook some of the contextual considerations that contribute to the utility for the built environment. This paper reconceptualises building adaptability to incorporate circularity, in order to facilitate for the resource loops whilst preserving the long-lasting functionality in buildings.Design/methodology/approachAn integrative literature review on adaptability and circularity of buildings was conducted using systematic search approach. From the initial database of 4631 publications, 104 publications were included for the final analysis. A comparative analysis of definitions and determinants of both concepts was conducted to reconceptualise circular building adaptability.FindingsThe findings of the literature study show that incorporating circularity and adaptability is possible through 10 design and operation determinants, namely configuration flexibility, product dismantlability, asset multi-usability, design regularity, functional convertibility, material reversibility, building maintainability, resource recovery, volume scalability, and asset refit-ability. The study concludes that considering the defined determinants in a holistic manner could simultaneously facilitate: building resilience to contextual changes, creation of asset value, and elimination of waste generation.Originality/valueThis paper expands the relevant bodies of literature by providing a novel way of perceiving building adaptability, incorporating circularity. The practical value of this paper lies in the discussion of potential strategies that can be proactively or reactively employed to operationalise circular building adaptability.

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Section: Circular Built Environmentmentioning

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Circular building adaptability and its determinants – A literature review

Hamida

Jylhä

Remøy

et al. 2022

IJBPA

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“…• LCA-based design for logistics planning Compared to some previous studies that included the biggest portion of literature in the design phase , this review finds that in the domain of logistics, only a few pieces of literature have explicitly mentioned the relationship between product/building design and logistics, all of which have been based on an LCA informed approach. Several cases have focused on the selection of specific construction methods or manufacturing options (e.g., timber and prefab components) to potentially improve logistics performance in construction, such as reducing transportation and overall life cycle environmental impact of logistics operations El-Aghoury et al, 2021;Geldermans et al, 2019;Liu et al, 2021).…”

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Forward and reverse logistics for circular economy in construction: A systematic literature review

Ding

Wang

Chan

2023

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Stakeholder engagement is also heavily dependent upon economic incentives to achieve CE (Interviewee CI.1). In addition, stakeholder engagement can be motivated via intrinsic motivation and regulatory incentives as well [20]. Furthermore, social constructs that hinder CE implementation must be overcome by raising awareness and educating stakeholders.…”

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Design for Circularity: The Case of the Building Construction Industry

Dewagoda

Kumaraswamy

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The role of design in transitioning towards a circular economy (CE) is strategic in the building construction industry as the potential for creating, developing, and sustaining circular value throughout the whole building life cycle is largely determined by the building design. Circular building design approaches that are being commonly deployed are often based on technical perspectives that assume buildings to be static products of the building construction industry. However, buildings are complex and dynamic with components and materials having their own individual life cycles, interacting dynamically with each other over space and time in a continual state of change. Moreover, changing stakeholder needs and expectations and other external factors add further layers of complexity in developing and sustaining the circular value created by the initial building design. Therefore, a holistic approach that accounts for the above contributors and integrates the building dynamism across its life cycle including stakeholder involvement, was ideated, based on the extant literature gap and the industrial need. The study conceptualised a holistic ‘design for circularity’ (DfC) framework based on a comprehensive literature review. The literature review was followed by 07 preliminary semi-structured interviews of relevant experts, so as to address relevant industry needs in developing this framework further. The findings enable the formulation of an overarching design centred framework to not only create, but also to develop and sustain circular value throughout the whole building life cycle, as presented in this paper.

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Circular and Flexible Indoor Partitioning—A Design Conceptualization of Innovative Materials and Value Chains

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Circular building adaptability and its determinants – A literature review

Circular building adaptability and its determinants – A literature review

Forward and reverse logistics for circular economy in construction: A systematic literature review

Design for Circularity: The Case of the Building Construction Industry

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