Dezeen will host a panel discussion exploring the circular economy in architecture on Saturday 19 October during Dutch Design Week 2019 in Eindhoven.
Hosted by Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, the panel will include architect Marco Vermeulen, architect and author Thomas Rau and Hester van Dijk, co-founder of design agency Overtreders W .
The talk is free to all Dutch Design Week ticket holders.
On the panel is Hester van Dijk, co-founder of design agency Overtreders W
The circular economy is a sustainable economic model in which waste and pollution are eliminated while ecosystems are nurtured rather than exploited.
The panel will explore how the circular economy applies to the built environment and how architects can implement its principles to the buildings they design. Examples of architectural projects that embrace principles of the circular economy include a reusable, recyclable and compostable building made from cork designed by Studio Bark, and the People's Pavilion at Dutch Design Week in 2017 by Overtreders W, which was built using borrowed and recycled materials.
Architect and author Thomas Rau will also be on the panel
The concept has been gaining media attention as of late with London mayor Sadiq Khan calling for architects to design for the circular economy and designer Richard Hutten warning that brands will go out of business unless they embrace the economic model.
Vermeulen is the founder of Studio Marco Vermeulen, a design office working w...