Urban Transplant

Urban Transplant: Concrete Transformation Methods with Reuse

Strauss, Tslil (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

van de Pas, R.R.J. (mentor)
Tomesen, P.L. (graduation committee)
de Krieger, J. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

2021-07-29

Urban Transplant is a tool for post-capitalist architecture. The circular approach, supported by in-depth research into reuse of in-situ structural concrete as components, offers transformation methods in the built environment. A dual site in Brussels, the World Trade Center and a post-industrial terrain, provides a proof of concept for the idea of a donor-site and a host-site.

The project questions current regulation and cultural habits in face of the urgent climate crisis by explicitly laying the relation between our comfort and excessive use of natural resources. By that, the architecture is the link between circular economy principles and day-to-day practices. The Urban Transplant demonstrates an approach that acknowledges scarcity of natural resources and strives for social equality. Considering the operation phase as well, it provides a holistic climate concept and a programme to enable a circular lifestyle.

post-capitalism
Circular Economy
Reuse
reuse concrete
Recycle concrete
Diverse Economies
Urban Transplant
Urban Transformation
Deconstruction
demolition
concrete components
Circular building components

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Student theses

master thesis

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