A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR: The Gypsum Example

Views of Stakeholders

Design for better Deconstruction –

Education of Architecture Students

17 November 2015, Brussels, European Parliament

Presented by: Dr. Veronika Schröpfer, Project Officer at the Architects’ Council of Europe

The ACE

� The representative organisation of the architectural profession at EU level, founded in 1990

� 47 Member Organisations representative at national level in 32 countries

� Regulatory bodies and professional associations

� ca. 567,000 architects

Member Organisations

Member Organisations with

special status

Observer Members

EU-funded Projects

� Relating to the building sector and address issues such as sustainability, energy efficiency, renovation, innovative materials and technologies

� Through these ACE seeks to promote the architects’role in building sustainably and energy retrofitting, and to raise its visibility and recognition

� Main role is dissemination leader

� Providing expertise and stakeholder involvement activities, and investigating non-technical barriers

EU-funded Projects

September 2014-August 2017

� In corporation with EAAE

� ‘Confronting Wicked Problems: Adapting Architectural Education to the New Situation in Europe’

� Three Think Tanks for the areas of Profession, Heritage and Sustainability

� Two Transnational Meetings are per year for each Think Tank, plus annual Learning/Teaching/Training Activities

Educating architecture students

� How to teach architecture in Europe today?

� New economic and societal context � a new

professional situation

� Redefine architecture as an education, dicipline and profession

� Unleash the potential for problem-solving and innovation

� Strengthen the architecture graduates, improve ther employability and social impact

Design for better deconstruction –educating architecture students

� Consider the whole life cycle of a building

� More adaptable buildings = longer life span

� Think about embodied energy in construction materials

� Resource efficiency � Re-use materials

� Design for deconstruction

NOT demolition

Tiwanee from TU Delft, Netherlands

Thank you very much for your attention!