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Tag Archives: blog

NEW BLOG ENTRY – THE HY-FI ORGANIC COMPOSTABLE TOWER

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06/04/2017

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BBM Blog – Entry 10

The Re-Use Atlas: A designer’s guide to the circular economy

Since the Waste House was completed in June 2014, our very own Duncan Baker-Brown has been working on a book that considers the challenges and opportunities presenting designers and clients who wish to ‘mine the anthropocene’, i.e.work with existing places, communities and stuff previously mined and processed. Duncan’s recently published book is entitled ‘The Re-Use Atlas: A Designer’s Guide to the Circular Economy’ and this blog provides an opportunity to read parts of the book, enjoy!

This entry features the tenth in the series of case studies from Duncan’s book. This week’s case study details The Hy-Fi organic compostable tower by The Living. The Living is perhaps best known for its Hy-Fi installation for the contemporary art institution MoMA PS1, based at Long Island City, New York. These temporary towers were constructed using more than 10,000 bricks that, incredibly, were grown rather than manufactured, using a combination of agricultural by-products (chopped-up corn stalks) and mushroom mycelium, which acts as a natural glue.

Next week’s blog discusses RAU Architects and Turntoo’s new HQ for Alliander in Duiven, which involves the reworking and extension of existing buildings, and their extension to Brummen Town Hall. Both projects are extensions to existing buildings, although Brummen Town Hall has the added challenge of conservation of a designated monument.

Check out the tenth entry here

RAU Architects and Turntoo HQ for Alliander in Duiven

News / Alliander, architecture, blog, Brummen Town Hall, Closed loop systems, Compostable, Duiven, duncan baker-brown, east sussex, eco, Green, Green Architecture, Hy-fi, lewes, MoMA, RAU Architects, re-use, Recycle, Reduce, riba, RIBA Bookshop, RIBA Publishing, sussex, sustainability, sustainable design, The Circular Economy, The living, The Re-Use Atlas, The Waste House, Turntoo, University Of Brighton

NEW BLOG ENTRY – ROTOR AND ROTOR DC

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16/03/2017

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BBM Blog – Entry 8

The Re-Use Atlas: A designer’s guide to the circular economy

Since the Waste House was completed in June 2014, our very own Duncan Baker-Brown has been working on a book that considers the challenges and opportunities presenting designers and clients who wish to ‘mine the anthropocene’, i.e.work with existing places, communities and stuff previously mined and processed. Duncan’s book is entitled ‘The Re-Use Atlas’. It will be published in May 2017. However, this blog will give people the opportunity to read parts of the book before the publishing date.

This entry features the eight in the series of case studies from Duncan’s book. This week’s case study details the work by Rotor and Rotor DC’s concept “Rotor Deconstruction” which is a hands-on business that has resulted from almost a decade of research on the flows of materials in numerous industries, including construction. The programme is now a separate cooperative company that has the skills and knowledge to focus on the careful dismantling of parts or the whole of a building and then sell on the reusable materials.

Next week’s blog discusses one of Duncan’s favourite retrofit projects, Jakob + MacFarlane’s transformation of the Docks de Paris building from 1907 into the ‘City of Fashion and Design’. The massive in-situ cast concrete frame and floor plates from the original shipping depot were kept, with the architects designing what they call a ‘plug-over’, which is actually an external steel and glass skin complemented with timber and grassed decks. The new facade is pulled away from the old frame to allow for a new circulation zone. The roof is topped off with an array of solar photovoltaic panels.

Check out the eighth entry here

News / architecture, blog, Closed loop systems, duncan baker-brown, east sussex, eco, Green Architecture, Jakob and Macfarlane, re-use, Recycling, riba, RIBA Publishing, Rotor and Rotor, sustainability, The Circular Economy, The Re-Use Atlas, University Of Brighton

TEDx BRIGHTON BLOG POST

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17/06/2016

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New blog post added! TEDx Brighton talk
Can Architecture Matter? 

Duncan recently presented for TEDx Brighton. The talk highlighted how architecture often has unforeseen negative impacts, such environmental destruction due to mining of raw materials and the creation of huge amounts of waste. Duncan reviews ethics of materials, labour sourcing and how green building does not need to be more complex or expensive.

To see the talk live click on the new blog post.

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News / BBM Projects, bbm talks, blog, brighton, duncan baker-brown, east sussex, eco, energy efficiency, Materials, re-use, sustainability, sustainable design, TEDx, University Of Brighton, waste house, Youtube

ECO RETROFIT – BBM NEW BLOG POST ADDED

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16/06/2016

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New blog post!

Are you looking for advice on how to select the right property to buy for a Eco Retrofit?

We have added a new blog post which discusses what you should look for and avoid when buying a property. Our very own Ian McKay recorded a podcast with The House Planning Help website. Click here to listen to the interview.

Image credit: Futurehouse, Milton Keynes Eco Retrofit – as discussed in the podcast

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News / architecture, blog, east sussex, eco, eco-retrofit, Energy, energy efficiency, Ian McKay, insulating, Materials, Planning, podcast, Purchase, self build, sustainability, sustainable design

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