Seminar Cradle to Cradle® Practical Applications in Area Development - 12:00 - 12:15 - Infinitely (re)usable building - Michiel Visscher (Cradle to Cradle consultant Buildings, Royal Haskoning DHV)

1. Infinitely (re)usable building
Michiel Visscher
"Cradle to Cradle Practical Applications in Area Development“
Erasmus University, Rotterdam 29 th October 2012

2. who am I
 Michiel Visscher,
 3 years authorised c2c consultant
 structural engineer
 total design specialist
 10 years professionally active in building design
 Royal Haskoning and DHV merged

3. inspiration
 book
 article nov 2008

4. remaking the way we make things
 The single most meaningfull sentence in the book
 Vague, no solutions for area development
 But applicable on everything we do

5. remaking the way we make things
 The single most meaningfull sentence in the book
 Innovation for design
 Innovation for doing business

6. City hall Venlo – innovation and partnerships

7. 2 aspects of c2c product certification
 degree of healthy content
 degree of reusability

8. 2 aspects of c2c product certification
 degree of healthy content
 degree of reusability

9. 2 aspects of c2c product certification
 degree of healthy content
 degree of reusability
‘Degree of reusability’ is undervalued and has the largest C2C opportunities!

10. Examples of reusability in buildings
 Nissan European Headquarters

11. Examples of reusability in buildings
 St Joseph Church

12. Examples of reusability in buildings
 Karel Doorman

13. Examples of reusability in buildings
 Park4all mobile parking garage

14. Examples of reusability in buildings
 New Orleans

15. Examples of reusability in buildings
 Design is not the issue…, it is the system in which the
design operates that makes the difference

16. Problem
 Design is not the issue…, it is the system in which the
design operates that is unfit
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17. Problem
 Buildings are excluded from c2c certification…!
 Quote Michael Braungart:
“buildings are complex systems of complex products and
cannot be assessed as a whole”

18. Problem
 Buildings are excluded from c2c certification…!
 Quote Michael Braungart:
“buildings are complex systems of complex products and
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19. 2 solutions
Quote Michael Braungart:
“buildings are complex systems of complex products and
cannot be assessed as a whole”
 Innovation for design
 Innovation for doing business

20. 2 solutions
Quote Michael Braungart:
“buildings are complex systems of complex products and
cannot be assessed as a whole”
 Innovation for design
 Innovation for doing business

21. 2 solutions
Quote Michael Braungart:
“buildings are complex systems of complex products
and cannot be assessed as a whole”
 Innovation for design
 Innovation for doing business

22. Buildings like trees
 in nature = eco system
 in area development = business system
 dynamic systems, healthy, in balance
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23. Business system = a building organism
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consultant 1 Supplier 1
developer
architect
designers
Supply chain
contractor
manager
consultant 2
operator 1
Supplier 2 Supplier 3
Sub- Sub-
contractor 1 contractor 2
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24. a building organism
Initial investments realized without financial capital
 Natural resources
 manufacturers
 suppliers
 supply chain managers
 Intellectual capital
 architect,
 designers,
 consultants
 Human capital
 contractors
 operators

25. Material Matters
 Set up business for reverse logistics
 Scale down business non-reverse logistics

26. Material performance
 Scale buildings down into coherent but indepandant layers
(Steward Brand)
 soil
 structure
 skin
 setting
 system
 stuff

27. Material performance
 Scale buildings down into coherent but independant layers
(Steward Brand)
 soil settlement
 structure strength and safety
 skin shelter, view, expression
 setting spaces and atmospheres
 system comfort
 stuff your daily activities
 Sell performance in stead of products
(John Thackara)

28. Transition in building

29. Start with business network: create organism
 existing buildings
 new buildings

30. Growing and maturing along the way
 existing buildings
 new buildings

31. Final thoughts
 Stop investing in buildings
 static objects
 short term business cases
 Start investing in performances
 dynamic, infinitely reusable building businesses
 long term business case
 keep the value of knowledge and material

32. Currently at Schiphol
 Park&Travel 3 has limited parking capacity
 Increasing parking demand in near future
 Multistorey parking fits in sustainability vision
 Availability of forecast on short/long term
Park&Travel 3

33. Viable business case for parking performance
Park&Travel 3 = infinitely reusable building

34. Infinitely (re)usable building
Michiel Visscher
"Cradle to Cradle Practical Applications in Area Development“
Erasmus University, Rotterdam 29 th October 2012