Insuring reused materials: case studies and best practices
Many building professionals feel they operate in a gray area when it comes to insuring reused materials. This may even prevent some professionals from integrating reused products. Yet, different schem...

Ad Hoc Baroque!
We are enormously proud to finally present ‘Ad Hoc Baroque,’ the result of two years of research into Marcel Raymaekers' postwar salvage architecture. The book brings together 35 projects, an extensiv...

New method to set and monitor reuse efforts
Setting quantitative targets can be a good way to incentivise reclamation and reuse in construction and renovation projects. There are, however, many ways to do so and some pitfalls to avoid. As part ...
Nederlandstalige stagiair-architect gezocht
In het kader van onze onderzoeks- en adviesactiviteiten zijn we op zoek naar een jonge (M/V/X) stagiair architect met een uitgesproken interesse voor de circulaire economie in de bouw. Taken en inhou...
Come and visit Queen of the South this Sunday!
Exclusively open this Sunday, 10 September: Queen of the South! Come and visit Marcel Raymaekers' reuse headquarters from 10 to 17h during the Dag van de Architectuur, and discover his salvage archite...

Recypark under construction
One of our very first design assistance missions (dating back to 2016!) has reached construction phase. Along the canal in Anderlecht, the glulam structure of a former equastrian centre reemerges as '...
Le serpent du Kanal
Le Serpent du Kanal, our competition proposal with Fait Maison and Construire - Atelier d'architecture for the interior design of Kanal’s future bar-brasserie, unfortunately did not win. Our snak...

Circular pavilions in Mechelen inaugurated
Combining reclaimed glass partition walls within a scaffolding structure? Why not! On the Kardinaal Mercierplein in Mechelen, two temporary pavilions are now open to the public. The evoke the memory o...

Realco cafeteria finished
With motivated clients come great results. Rotor furnished the cafeteria of Realco's production plant (where they make enzyme-based cleaning products). From the ceramic and terrazzo tiles, light fitti...

We are hiring!
We are looking for a European project and public funding coordinator ... Curious? You'll find the job description here. Deadline to apply: 5 June 2023

Lecture by Célia Küpfer - 4 May
On the 4th of May we have the pleasure to welcome Célia Küpfer for a lecture at Rotor. As part of the Structural Xploration Lab of the EPFL, Célia has been doing exciting research on the reuse of conc...

We werven aan !
In het kader van onze onderzoeks-, advies- en ontwerpactiviteiten zijn we op zoek naar een jonge (M/V/X) stagiair architect met een uitgesproken interesse voor de circulaire economie in de bouw. Take...
Developing a new reuse inventory service
In January, Rotor was awarded a subsidy from beCircular - Programme Régional en Economie Circulaire (Bruxelles-Capitale), that will help us develop a new service of reuse inventories. More news d...

Reclamation Audit guide online
You know we love making inventories. In a lot of reclamation projects, it's the very first step towards assessing the reuse potential of the materials in question. And in the recently finished 'Reclam...

Innover/Retrouver : quelles ressources pour quelle architecture ?
La conférence, faite par Victor Meesters le 3 Décembre 2022, au Centre Pompidou est disponible en ligne ici.

Material donnerie at OXY this Friday, 25 November
One of the easiest ways to get your materials reused? Well, to give them away for free of course. Which is what will be happening this Friday, 25 November, at the Centre Monnaie (aka OXY). After the M...

Will we ever get tired of these curved plywood panels?
No, we won't. These are salvaged by Rotor DC from the WTC Towers and will be installed in our latest design project: the bar and bookshop of the Permeke museum in Jabbeke. Reopening planned for the sp...

Rotor in...
Lately articles about, among others, the practice of reuse in Belgium, RotorDC, Opalis and the Zinneke project appeared in some interesting publications.

So, how about cork?
Architects and the construction industry are beginning to embrace cork as a natural insulation material. But what does this mean on the ground? Together with AA School Diploma Unit 18, we spend some t...

Mapping the German salvage trade
On Saturday 1st October, the exhibition “Mapping the German salvage business” opened at the Architekturschaufenster gallery, in Karlsruhe.
