Entangled Matter open to the public!
The exhibition Entangled Matter, curated by Rotor and hosted by A+ Architecture in Belgium and Bozar is now open to the public. With this expo, we explore the way building resources and raw materials ...
Works on OXY well underway!
While working together on the Multi project, Rotor was invited by Whitewood and Immobel to also anchor reuse in the redevelopment of the Centre Monnaie. The OXY project could well be considered a repe...
Conference by Francis Tourneur
Rotor and RotorDC are pleased to invite you to a special conference with Francis Tourneur.
Call for designers
Big plans ahead! It's been 2 years since we arrived on this 14.000 m² site in the Da Vinci district of citydev.brussels. If we have chosen a site of this size, it is because we wanted to create a plac...
Second printing of Ad Hoc Baroque is available
Go to:ideabooks.nlrotordc.com (in BE)or ask your local bookstore!Thanks again to everybody who made this possible: Anja Hellebaut & Anthony De Meyere, Casier/Fieuws, Flemish Architecture Institute...
Rotor wins Ultima for Architecture and Applied Arts
Twenty years after our first project, Rotor was awarded the Ultima price for Architecture and Applied Arts by the Flemish community. All current collaborators want to take a moment to thank the more t...
Start of our new European Interreg NWE project: PREUSE
And off we go!
Raymaekers and the press, then and now
For the past two years, as a team of scholars, authors, photographers connected to Rotor and UGent, we have been conducting research on Raymaekers, one of the most flamboyant protagonists of the reuse...
A short video on the Zinneke project
The BX1 team takes a look back at the renovation of the Zinneke premises in a short video. It's a chance to rediscover this collaborative project, of which we're very proud!
Ad Hoc Baroque - Book Launch
Finally officially launched and now in orbit. Ad Hoc Baroque. Marcel Raymaekers' reuse architecture in postwar Belgium was presented this Tuesday at the Flemish Architect...
Practical guides for contractors
Being the ones who usually procure, install and sometimes dismantle building materials, contractors are a crucial link in the chain of operations that enables reuse. To address their specific needs an...
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...
Hot of the press: 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...