POST CRASH- papers and projects
Post Crash: When all systems have collapsed, and we would have to rebuild and manage building stock following closed cycle rules, sets an example of how we should transform our approach already today.
Papers and projects under the "Post Crash" approach have now been collected under two new sections.
"Neighbourhood of Tomorrow"
Neighbourhood of tomorrow is a very exciting project by the University of applied sciences 'ZUYD", in Heerlen, Netherlands. Its establishing a small neighbourhood of houses and an office, completely in line with the closing cycle principles described elswhere on these pages. For graduation students of building and architecture have to design the different projects, and a jury chooses the best design. The year after its constructed by pupils of the construction craftsmen schools as a learning environment. Together with professional stakeholders the research is implemented for the realisation. I was lucky to get involved in this project, and to be able to steer and contribute, by an appointment as Lector Gebouwde Omgeving ( professor of applied science Built Environment) at the Zuyd University. The project is under way, and first results will become available in 2009. See for a short overview this website:
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Sustainable housing: implementing a conceptual design. The Dutch expert team has brought together the knowledge, based on 15 years of experience in the Netherlands, and practiced in several projects , national and international, in this new book.
view of resource streams in Japanese EDO period, the only large scale example of a closed cycle operating society. It was ended in 1862, when the US army forced Japan to open its borders, looking for resources.
