London's mayor calls on architects to design for a circular economy
The mayor of London's office has published a primer calling on property developers and architects to design for a circular economy, with ideas such as rental furnishing and using blockchain technology.
Called Design for a Circular Economy, the document was published yesterday with a call to action for London's architects, along with a guide to the terminology around the concept.
In a circular economy, waste is designed out and materials are kept in circulation for as long as possible by being repaired, recycled or remade, rather than thrown away and new raw materials extracted to replace them.
With architecture, this extends to the practice of reusing and adapting buildings rather than demolishing them.
"This is a call to action to everyone" According to the primer, 54 per cent of the waste generated in London ever year is caused by the built environment, which consumes 400 million tonnes of material in the same period.
"We can no longer ignore the impact our individual and collective behaviours have on our environment or society," the British architect Sunand Prasad said in the document.
"We are now seeing the consequences of our economic system, whether that is record high temperatures, fuel poverty, or air pollution in our city."
Prasad, who co-founded architecture firm Penoyre & Prasad and is a design advocate for the mayor of London, added: "This is a call to action to everyone in the design, construction and property sectors to ...
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