Circular material bank
Harvested wood from building renovations comes in different volumes and types. A perfect match between available wood and what is needed for ‘new’ applications, is rare. To match donating and receiving projects, the necessary alignment in planning renovations might be difficult for a single housing corporation. What if a shared material bank could be organized, to store large volumes of circular wood from different sources? This could be a solution for two or more housing corporations, working together towards a common goal. A bank to collect pieces with no prospects for immediate re-use that, when combined, can create a good starting point for manufacturing room divisions, fences, decorative panels or other systems, when needed.
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This case study is part of the 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood' project, done at the ROBOT LAB and lead by the Digital Production Research Group (DPRG) of the Knowledge Center Technology, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS).