A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR: The Gypsum Example
Views of Stakeholders
Design for better Deconstruction –
Education of Architecture Students
17 November 2015, Brussels, European Parliament
Presented by: Dr. Veronika Schröpfer, Project Officer at the Architects’ Council of Europe
The ACE
� The representative organisation of the architectural profession at EU level, founded in 1990
� 47 Member Organisations representative at national level in 32 countries
� Regulatory bodies and professional associations
� ca. 567,000 architects
Member Organisations
Member Organisations with
special status
Observer Members
EU-funded Projects
� Relating to the building sector and address issues such as sustainability, energy efficiency, renovation, innovative materials and technologies
� Through these ACE seeks to promote the architects’role in building sustainably and energy retrofitting, and to raise its visibility and recognition
� Main role is dissemination leader
� Providing expertise and stakeholder involvement activities, and investigating non-technical barriers
September 2014-August 2017
� In corporation with EAAE
� ‘Confronting Wicked Problems: Adapting Architectural Education to the New Situation in Europe’
� Three Think Tanks for the areas of Profession, Heritage and Sustainability
� Two Transnational Meetings are per year for each Think Tank, plus annual Learning/Teaching/Training Activities
Educating architecture students
� How to teach architecture in Europe today?
� New economic and societal context � a new
professional situation
� Redefine architecture as an education, dicipline and profession
� Unleash the potential for problem-solving and innovation
� Strengthen the architecture graduates, improve ther employability and social impact
Design for better deconstruction –educating architecture students
� Consider the whole life cycle of a building
� More adaptable buildings = longer life span
� Think about embodied energy in construction materials
� Resource efficiency � Re-use materials
� Design for deconstruction
NOT demolition