‘It’s architects who manage resources: we choose what we build buildings out of’
Last month architect and circular economy expert Duncan Baker-Brown gave the keynote speech “Can Architects Save Planet Earth?” at the AJ100 Awards night. The audience fell silent when Duncan delivered his speech on the Climate Emergency. The full speech can be found below and further reading on the evening can be found here.
WasteZone Website
Futurebuild 2019 Website
Location: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London, E16 1XL
Today is your last chance to visit the Waste Zone at this year’s Futurebuild. The third and final day of the Waste Zone will bring another set of interesting presentations and debates. More than 20 speakers will discuss following subjects: Circular Cities as potential growth and employment generators, What processes and symptoms support Circular Economies? Social Benefits to Circular Economy and Circular Innovations in London. Each of the talks will be followed by a Q&A session.
The full discussions programme can be found here
Responsible Futures’ Waste Zone will help you to navigate away from the current take, make and throw-away society towards an intelligent, closed-loop system where waste is seen as a valuable resource.
This year’s Waste Zone has an new exciting new format. The introduction of a Circular Economy Hub will act as a marketplace for visitors and innovators to discuss their products. Visitors can experience the re-use possibilities of the top ten construction waste streams in an eye-opening exhibition in the new foyer area which surrounds the seminar area. These spill-out zones will showcase circular economy research, innovations and products from experts in the UK and Europe.
The Waste Zone seminar programme – Waste Talk – will see more than 50 industry-leading speakers over the next 3 days. The debates aim at addressing the challenges and opportunities a circular economy presents. The sessions will explore ways in which waste materials can be integrated into construction projects, how existing buildings can be deconstructed instead of demolished, and how new buildings can be designed as material stores for the future.
More on the Waste Zone:
‘Constructing a sustainable future’ – University of Brighton article
‘There’s money to be made in reusing existing buildings’ – Duncan Baker-Brown for AJ
WasteZone Website
Futurebuild 2019 Website
Location: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London, E16 1XL
Day two at the Waste Zone will showcase five sessions including some keynote presentations from the figures renowned in the world of cirular economy such as Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart from Leuphana University in Lüneburg and Prof. Mark Miodownik from the UCL’s Instute of Making. Among the topics for today: When to re-use, recycle avoid or grow? Circular Cities as potential growth and employment generators, How to support a truly circular economy and a discussion on plastic. Each of the talks will be followed by a Q&A session.
The full discussions programme can be found here
Meanwhile at the BBM stand
This year the Waste Zone houses 16 beach huts which have been donated by the School of Architecture & Design at The University of Brighton. The beach huts were previously used for last year’s final year architecture show and will now act as presentation units for multiple exhibitors showcasing their products and ideas around the circular economy.
Located next to The Waste Zone’s main speakers area the stand showcases our 25 years worth of experience in research and practical application of ideas around the circular economy in the built environment. More about our projects and the services we provide can be found at our stand G101. We will be wearing our locally sourced screen printed, surplus stock BBM t-shirts sourced from Dirty Harry in Brighton.
Responsible Futures’ Waste Zone will help you to navigate away from the current take, make and throw-away society towards an intelligent, closed-loop system where waste is seen as a valuable resource.
This year’s Waste Zone has an new exciting new format. The introduction of a Circular Economy Hub will act as a marketplace for visitors and innovators to discuss their products. Visitors can experience the re-use possibilities of the top ten construction waste streams in an eye-opening exhibition in the new foyer area which surrounds the seminar area. These spill-out zones will showcase circular economy research, innovations and products from experts in the UK and Europe.
The Waste Zone seminar programme – Waste Talk – will see more than 50 industry-leading speakers over the next 3 days. The debates aim at addressing the challenges and opportunities a circular economy presents. The sessions will explore ways in which waste materials can be integrated into construction projects, how existing buildings can be deconstructed instead of demolished, and how new buildings can be designed as material stores for the future.
More on the Waste Zone:
‘Constructing a sustainable future’ – University of Brighton article
‘There’s money to be made in reusing existing buildings’ – Duncan Baker-Brown for AJ
WasteZone Website
Futurebuild 2019 Website
Location: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London, E16 1XL
After much anticipation today marks the start of The WasteZone at this year’s Futurebuild. Tuesday’s Waste Talk Area will provide a platform for over 25 experts in sustainability from the UK, Denmark, Belgium and The Netherlands to exchange inspiring ideas on the circular economy. Among the topics for today: Responsible waste/resource management, Circular Cities and Low Carbon material options for construction industry. Each of the speakers will complete a short presentation on their chosen subject which will be followed by a debate and Q&A session.
The full discussions programme can be found here
Responsible Futures’ Waste Zone will help you to navigate away from the current take, make and throw-away society towards an intelligent, closed-loop system where waste is seen as a valuable resource.
This year’s Waste Zone has an new exciting new format. The introduction of a Circular Economy Hub will act as a marketplace for visitors and innovators to discuss their products. Visitors can experience the re-use possibilities of the top ten construction waste streams in an eye-opening exhibition in the new foyer area which surrounds the seminar area. These spill-out zones will showcase circular economy research, innovations and products from experts in the UK and Europe.
The Waste Zone seminar programme – Waste Talk – will see more than 50 industry-leading speakers over the next 3 days. The debates aim at addressing the challenges and opportunities a circular economy presents. The sessions will explore ways in which waste materials can be integrated into construction projects, how existing buildings can be deconstructed instead of demolished, and how new buildings can be designed as material stores for the future.
More on the Waste Zone:
‘Constructing a sustainable future’ – University of Brighton article
‘There’s money to be made in reusing existing buildings’ – Duncan Baker-Brown for AJ
Prior to Futurebuild 2019 next week, BBM’s Duncan Baker-Brown has been featured in the Architects Journal and has spoken on his role in curating this year’s Waste Zone. In his interview with the AJ Duncan discusses the progress made in partnership with the University of Brighton on his research into use of bio and waste materials in the construction industry. Also If you are interested in finding out how architects can help design buildings as material banks of the future and turn the rubble into profit, make sure you click in the link to the full article below.
Duncan Baker-Brown: ‘There’s money to be made in reusing existing buildings’ in this weeks Architects Journal here:
Air time: Wednesday 20th of February at 09:15 AM
Following Margherita Taylor’s visit to the Waste House in December last year, we are happy to announce that Waste House will be featured in the upcoming episode of Countryfile Diaries airing tomorrow at 9:15 on BBC One. The Waste House segment focuses on how recycled, repurposed and bio materials in built environment could potentially help tackling UK’s housing and landfill crisis. Countryfile Diaries will also be looking at progress on the live research happening at Waste House in partnership with Local Works Studio.
More information on the Waste House can be found here
The episode can also be streamed here