Vandkunsten Architects: Reduce, reuse, recycle, rebeauty

Reduce, reuse, recycle, rebeauty

In the innovative urban development Musicon, the resource stations by Vandkunsten Architects are primarily built using locally sourced building materials from the former concrete element factory on the site. First, the reusable materials from the factory building were mapped prior to demolition. Then, the materials were kept on-site. Finally, old roof components, gates, sliding doors, cable trays and vinyl flooring bridge the new neighbourhoods with their industrial past while enhancing the local identity. In this way, the city itself is a material bank for regenerative urban development.

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“Rebeauty” is a concept to promote the new aesthetic potentials of a climate-friendly design. In Musicon, secondary structures become frontrunners as a testbed for implementing direct reuse and Design for Disassembly, because any risk is worth dealing with. As the resource stations are central to the everyday practice of reuse, they will serve as daily inspiration for a circular transition.

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Without rebeauty – no circularity!