Resource Rows
Residential project constructed of materials from demolished buildings
What if we could take our buildings with us when moving from the countryside to the city? Imagine dismantling structures into reusable building blocks, ready to be repurposed for the ever-growing urban landscape.
Resource Rows is the world’s first residential project constructed of materials from demolished buildings.
Through analyses and collaborations both inside and outside the construction industry, Lendager has identified potentials for tapping into waste streams that can be processed into valuable building materials to reduce the construction’s environmental impact.
Resource efficiency and creative answers to materiale constraints has been the catalyst for the design of the architecture, and several new material innovations were developed.
Most prominently, old facades from cement-mortar brick facades have been cut out and reassembled into new facade modules, and allot¬ment garden houses built from waste materials placed on the roofs.
Waste wood from the metro construction is used on the façade and offcuts and faulty production from floor production that would otherwise have to be incinerated have become new floors.
The houses have ample opportunities to meet the neighbours. This is seen on the roof of the Resource Rows’ that has been landscaped as allotment gardens with garden sheds of recycled materials with both private and common spaces and a repurposed bridge that spans the courtyard – all within a comparable economic frame to similar projects in the area.
By taking a holistic approach to sustainability Lendager has realised a project that has both shifted the material agenda in the construction industry as well as created the framework for a meaningful everyday life.
Impacts
- Saving 463 tonnes of waste into materials. Upcycle percentage, 29% CO2 saving per/m2 LCA. Energy solar panels and water-to-air heat pumps (row houses)
- Covered internationally in Arch Daily, Dezeen, Detail, Bau, Architects Journal, Arkitekten, Politiken, Berlingske, Børsen, TV2, DR, RAI, ZDF and more.
- Engaging the tenants through active and social life at the outdoor green roof tops and gardening.
