Circular Future Cities
In the short video here above, PhD student Cristina Gardenghi gives a brief overview of the project (if the video is not available in your region, please use external pagethis link).
Global construction material demand has more than doubled in the last 20 years and is projected to increase further. The resulting substantial increase in grey energy and material-related environmental impact is more than the planet can sustainably bear. Therefore, a transition to a circular economy, in which used materials may become valuable resources for a new production cycle, is urgently needed. The Circular Future Cities project aims to develop sustainable circular solutions for the building sector. The project will focus on Singapore and Switzerland as case studies and address various settlement systems, in particular polycentric networks and concentrated global cities. Through collaboration with decision makers in the housing sector, the project will highlight practical impacts, identify needed changes in institutionalized governance structures, and showcase the technical application of the developed tools.