2012 ARCHITECTEN
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Invited at the recommendation by The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB).
Specialized in building with waste materials and ‘cradle to cradle’, in other words, architecture and urban development that takes future users into consideration.
Plan: map the use of energy and materials in the Zuidas, point out the consequences and the possibilities for change.
‘We want to show how many square meters of land or how many windmills are necessary to provide a building complex like the Vrije Universiteit and an area like the Zuidas with materials and energy. This not only means construction, but also daily use, such as air conditioning, heating, traffic, food and garbage. In the hope, of course, that it will introduce new ideas.’
Recyclicity Zuidas
Our research visualizes the cyclical potential of the Zuidas. That is to say, we are looking at what possibilities this district has of taking care of its own material and energy needs. Or the other way around, how much space is necessary to meet that demand.
The opportune location of the area would seem to make it obvious to connect up with existing regional networks for many flows of products and services, such as refuse, water, air conditioning and building materials. On the other hand, the building density calls for an enormously complex infrastructure, with the resulting congestion immediately having consequences for large groups of users. For some flows, local reprocessing can therefore provide relief.
This time, our firm is concentrating on the district’s local energy needs. Which sustainable sources, and how many, are necessary to supply those needs? Or, how many scources can buildings generate by themselves? Due to the intensive use of space, the amount of kilowatts required is tremendous, but when the Zuidas is completed this amount will double.
The accompanying CO2-footprint rises up to an undesirable size. In order to present this we scaled down the Zuidas area in such a way that the surface of this exhibition space represents its footprint when the Zuidas would be continuing at an unchanged ambition. A reduction of 40% seems possible according to recent studies but they demand an ambitious shift in the future construction and adaptation of the existing built environment . The effect of these adaptations are presented on our model.
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