Design for physical durability

Designing products to resist damage and wear, and serve a long and useful life.

Relevant case studies and articles

First Steps towards a circular built environment

Arup worked with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to examine how the principles of circular economy can be translated into everyday built environment practices.

Advocacy for circular economy policy

Training on the circular economy

Design for disassembly

Design for minimal waste

Design for physical durability

Preservation, conservation

Closed loop collection

Reusable, recyclable materials and inputs

Construction Materials and Products

Sustainable Concrete Recycling - Closing the Loop

"smart crusher" technology that aims at creating a climate neutral new concrete from concrete waste

Design for disassembly

Design for minimal waste

Design for resource efficiency

Design for reuse

Design for recycling

Design for physical durability

Advanced robotics, artificial intelligence

Material efficiency

Reusable, recyclable materials and inputs

Closed loop collection

Construction Materials and Products

Nieuw Leyden

For the inner city of Leiden, MVRDV designed an urban plan for 670 dwellings.

Design for physical durability

Design for product attachment, emotional durability

Construction and Real Estate Services

Liander HQ

RAU Architects redeveloped an existing cluster of buildings into a 24,000 m2 head offce for energy grid company Liander, housing more than 1500 workers.

Design for physical durability

Refurbishment, remanufacturing, renovation

Product upgrade

Construction and Real Estate Services