When a building becomes a materials bank READ the full interview in Constructing a sustainable future Thinking in terms of a building’s entire life cycle is crucial. This is the belief of visionary Dutch architect Thomas Rau. An expert in circularity, he argues that future buildings should be designed as materials banks, so that everything is ready to be reused. “In the face of climate change, what I think we need most is a radical change of mindset. Tomorrow, we’ll have to completely change our outlook. For example, we will no longer be putting up buildings as we know them today. They will be more the result of a logistical process: a building will be a materials bank, designed so that everything is ready to be reused. Take waste, for example. This is the last vestige of the ‘old’ system, regarded as material without identity, without value. But if you start registering waste using material passports, you give it a new identity, a value. It can then be transformed into new resources for new projects. Let’s treat waste like works of art!” POINT OF VIEW 70
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