Introduction
Realdania By og Byg has developed, built and communicated this project as a tangible example of what everybody is talking about within resource efficiency, upcycling.
Upcycling is the process in which waste materials or useless products are transformed into new materials or products with a higher utility-value, leading to a reduction in production and consumption – globally speaking.
Upcycle House is built with a construction budget of 1,7 million DKK, which in addition to making it accessible for most Danish families demonstrates how the principle of upcycling is economically advantageous. The house is located on a plot in Nyborg, Fyn, where Realdania By og Byg has gathered a series of experimental single-family houses.
Social
The house covers 100m2, and can from its conception be used by a family with two children, but it can easily be adapted to different phases of life, family constellations and uses. Therefore we sought to make it possible to use the house for contemporary family life (that can consist of both ‘your’, ‘mine’ and ‘our’ children).
Before the financial crisis, society was driven by consumption. It still is, but the amount has in some cases be reduced drastically, or people have started to reconsider how they consume and what this means. We now see more focus on resourcefulness, reducing CO2-emissions, self-sustainability etc. ‘Staying in’ is the new ‘going out’.