Peter Luscuere, professor of Building Physics and Services, will moderate the master class ‘Natural air conditioning with Earth, Wind & Fire’ on 16 June.

How can specific building components contribute to healthy circular material flows? PhD researcher Bob Geldermans took the case of non-bearing partitioning walls to explore how material properties, material flows, product design, and user benefits can contribute to circularity and flexibility in the built environment.

Research project ‘Circularcity’ explores the roles of contemporary Dutch architects regarding the circular economy in the built environment.

How can the energy transition be connected to creating a circular economy? Using a circular renovation module for the energy-retrofitting of housing offers a combined answer to the two challenges.

On 14 February, the CHARM Inspiration Day focuses on digitalisation for circularity.

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'.