Building without Waste - Interview with Michael Braungart

Issue
06/2023 Architecture and Climate Protection
Author
Barbara Zettel
Author
Jakob Schoof
Source
DETAIL
Location
Germany, Essen
Year of construction
2017
Location
Netherlands, Driebergen-Rijsenburg
Year of construction
2019
Architecture
RAU
The staircase in the interior courtyard of the administrative building of the RAG-Foundation leads visitors to the rooftop garden with its intensive greening. Similar to all other projects presented here, it was planned according to C2C principles.
© Jens Kirchner
If we want to have a waste-free circular economy, the business models in the construction industry need to change, demands Michael Braungart, inventor of the cradle-to-cradle principle.
The staircase in the interior courtyard of the administrative building of the RAG-Foundation leads visitors to the rooftop garden with its intensive greening. Similar to all other projects presented here, it was planned according to C2C principles.
© Jens Kirchner