“Addressing an important missing link in the material life-cycle management” – Holcim Awards Jury
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Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium
The construction materials village is a powerful statement of sustainable urban logistics and distribution. By distributing construction materials to the city and collecting construction waste from the city, the village functions as a logistics hub between port and city. The village will become an important link in the product life-cycle management of materials.
The jury considers the strength of the project to lie in its objective to situate architecture – as node or relay – within a dynamic, metabolic system of material flows in the midst of a city environment. Addressing an important missing link in the material life-cycle management of the contemporary urban realm, understood as an eco-system, the design proposal aims to apply sustainability principles to the construction of infrastructure.
Last updated: June 06, 2014 Zurich, Switzerland
The jury considers the strength of the project to lie in its objective to situate architecture – as node or relay – within a dynamic, metabolic system of material flows in the midst of a city environment. Addressing an important missing link in the material life-cycle management of the contemporary urban realm, understood as an eco-system, the design proposal aims to apply sustainability principles to the construction of infrastructure.