Exploring with reclaimed bricks
Working with traditional stonemason tools
Traditional wood carving on reclaimed wood.

Recraft - reclaiming building materials

Navn
Matti Elias Göran Kemppainen
Uddannelsesgrad
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Arkitektur
Institut
Bygningskunst og Design
Program
Strategic Design and Entrepreneurship
År
2024

ReCraft aims to rethink the way we source building materials by minimizing waste and keeping materials in the industries loop. We reclaim demolition waste and transform it back into valuable resources, rediscovering its potential through traditional craftsmanship. By valuing non-standardized materials, we enable unique design possibilities and empower a local resorucefull craft indusrty. This project is a collaborated effort between Karoline Cecilie Aigner, Matti Elias Göran Kemppainen and David Maximilian Schneider.

How can the reuse of construction and demolition waste be a systemic practice, rather than an exceptional?

The Waste issue

Around 40% of globally extracted resources are used in the construction industry. Approximately 35% of waste generated in Europe and 40% of waste in Denmark comes from the construction and demolition industry. Why do we generate so much waste if we extract so many resources?

Demolition Site located in Brøndby

Demolition Waste as a Resource

This project aims to minimise the generation of waste, focusing on the waste streams generated during the demolition process. It examines cases where prevention is no longer an option, looking into the demolition process and what happens to the materials afterwards.

Material map
Materials we sourced from our 3 different case studies.

Strategy

Our Strategy for transforming demolition waste into refined building products consists of 4 steps

1.Sourcing 

2.Designing 

3.Crafting 

4.Production

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1.Sourcing
1.Sourcing demolition material
Designing
2.Designing
product
4. Product
Crafting
3. Crafting

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