Re-Defining the Architectural Design Process through Building a Decision-Support Framework for Design with Reuse

From Waste Management to Component Management in the Construction Industry

“…Poelman also articulated the criticality of extracting information from the supply side and envisaged a system of 'Supply Driven Architecture' in which reusable materials in buildings are assessed, and the information is made available to architects [39]. Without reference to these precedents, Ali diagnosed a similar problem and elaborated another information exchange system, a 'Virtual Repository', with GIS (geographical information system) mapping and newly-prevalent BIM as the platform to allow the comparison of materials available from demolition or stored in salvage yards against those needed in new construction [87]. Ratman-Kłosińska proposed a 'StockExchange' for C&D waste, with an associated directory of reuse actors [88].…”

Interior Architectural Design for Adaptive Reuse in Application of Environmental Sustainability Principles

“…Although an increasing body of knowledge on resources management and methods of waste diversion from construction sites already exists, the substantial role of designers in reducing the amount of waste is not precisely defined [6]. As indicated by Osmani, Glass, and Price [23], very few attempts have been made to address the effect of design practices on the generation of waste.…”

“…The issues related to the extension of the lifespan of a building, as well as its structural components, are still insufficiently recognized [3] by interior designers. Meanwhile, the repeated processes of construction, refurbishment, and especially demolition, understood as an undifferentiated process of taking apart and compressing building components for their final disposal at a landfill [4], remain the primary source of wasted resources [5,6].…”

“…The list of possible methods for products' technical life extension include the following: design for repair, remake and replacement; design for reclaim understood as a process of reintroducing building materials without reprocessing or cleaning, and with limited repairing processes [5]; and design for adaptive reuse. This design concept of retaining the reclaimed or salvaged building materials and products, acquired from refurbished or dismantled objects in new architectural designs, is supposed to be the best design practice to preserve building materials [6] and lengthen the building product's life cycle. Consideration of the entire lifespan of a building's products, imperative for sustainable architectural design, is an incentive for changes in interior architectural design.…”

“…There is a need for developing a thorough system on the application of building material adaptive reuse involving vendors, deconstruction contractors, developers, facility managers, and interior designers, to provide an effective reintegration of deconstruction or demolition waste with interior components. "Building Material Reuse Consulting Process Workflow" [6] (p. 2) adopted for sustainable interior architectural design, is to develop a multi-disciplinary online platform enabling the exchange of essential information on the availability of reclaimed components, complemented by guidelines providing modes of their successfully exercised reintroduction. The goal is to transform the design process, stakeholders' involvement, and knowledge on the principles of sustainable design for the built environment.…”