Crafting Circularity

How can architectural education respond to the climate crisis? Positioning architects as key agents of change, this book argues for a shift from extractive toward availability-based design-starting not from abstract form or resources, but from what already exists. By placing students in contact with reclaimed materials and construction constraints Crafting Circularity shows how learning-through-making can embed circularity in the design studio.

Mario Rinke is a Professor at the University of Antwerp. Mario Rinke holds a Diploma in civil engineering from the Bauhaus University Weimar and a PhD from ETH Zurich. He was a senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts after working as a design engineer for major offices in London and Zurich. Frederik Vandyck is a guest professor at the University of Antwerp and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he teaches architectural research methods and an urban design studio. He holds a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a joint PhD in Engineering Sciences and Design Sciences (VUB - UAntwerpen).