Arjan van Timmeren and Alex Wandl (Urbanism, BK Bouwkunde TU Delft) discuss their ideas about circular cities with experts from all over the world at the Futurebuild 2019 event that will take place in London on 5-7 March 2019. The prototype of the REPAiR decision support system can be tested at the event.

On 22 January 2019, the Circular Built Environment Hub in collaboration with EIT Raw Materials organised a workshop on remanufacturing of building products at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. The event attracted stakeholders interested in moving the building industry towards a circular economy.

Together with producers and clients, researchers from BK Bouwkunde and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) developed a prototype circular kitchen. This kitchen can be renewed almost indefinitely and adjusted to individual preferences, meaning it is a kitchen for life.

Critical materials are materials which we need for current and future product technologies, but which are now or soon difficult to acquire. BK Bouwkunde is part of the consortium SusCritMat, which aims to educate people from industry and academia about important aspects on critical materials.

On 22 November, architects, engineers, researchers, professors and students will speak about circular deployment, approach and renovation of existing buildings and their environment. The largest building in the Netherlands – the AMC - serves as a case study.

On 20 June, Juan Azcarate Aguerre defends his PhD thesis 'Façades-as-a-service: A cross-disciplinary model for the (re)development of circular building envelopes'.

Grondstoffen worden schaarser, mondiale toeleveringsketens beginnen te haperen, en marktprijzen fluctureren. Wat betekent deze schaarste voor de toekomst van de Zuid-Hollandse Delta? Op 14 april gaan beleidsmakers, wetenschappers en ondernemers met elkaar in gesprek over hoe Zuid-Holland, als dichtbevolkte Delta, zichzelf veerkrachtig en duurzaam kan ontwikkelen voor een leefbare toekomst.

The Circular Built Environment Hub of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment will host the second Summer School on Circularity in the Built Environment from 5 to 7 July 2023.

On 19 January, Rusnė Šilerytė defends her PhD thesis 'Geographies of Waste: Significance, Semantics & Statistics in pursuit of a Circular Economy'.

On April 21, Anne van Stijn defends her PhD thesis 'Developing circular building components: Between ideal and feasible'.