In an online conference on 20 January 2021, the SeRaMCo (Secondary Raw Materials for Concrete Precast Products) INTERREG project will present its results after 3 years of research regarding the recycling of construction and demolition waste and its incorporation in innovative concrete mixtures.

The Circular Kitchen is a kitchen that is easy to renew and lasts a lifetime. This means less resource use, emissions and waste.

GeoFluxus, a spin-off from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment wins the 1st price at the EU DATATHON Green Deal Challenge. This competition invites teams from all over the world to create applications for European open datasets to solve one of the four main challenges the continent is facing.

The first circular extensions have been successfully placed in the demonstration home at the Kuilsenhofweg in Amsterdam.

On 15 October, TU Delft researchers and repair professionals will discuss the complexity of developing a circular economy and issues related to repair in the panel discussion ‘Beautifully Fixed / Mooi Gefixt’.

During the Week of the Circular Economy, PhD candidates from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment will present and discuss the circular aspects of their current research with practitioners.

While circular economy policies and initiatives are gaining momentum, their spatial implications remain largely unexplored. The third debate in the 'Making the Circular Built Environment a Reality' debate series focuses on the spatial dimensions of the circular economy. The Circular Built Environment Hub invites institutes, organisations and individuals to participate in this interactive session that aims to identify spatial conflicts, synergies, and potentials, paving the way for a future Circular Netherlands.

On 14 December, the symposium 'Architecture and Doughnut Economics' takes place.

On 18 December, Sultan Çetin Öztürk defends her PhD thesis 'Towards a Circular Building Industry Through Digitalisation: Exploring how digital technologies can help narrow, slow, close, and regenerate the loops in social housing practice'.

On 5 December, Tanya Tsui defends her PhD thesis 'Spatial approaches to a circular economy: Determining locations and scales of closing material loops using geographic data'.