Demonstrators

This 8-storey building, with a total area of 26,600 m2, will provide 30 lecture halls for nearly 400 students.

We will demonstrate:

• interfaces to existing databases of the CP-IM
• on-site waste assessment and categorization methods
• lean construction resource planning methods

This pilot is focused on sustainability, by providing energy-saving electrical installations,
renewable energy sources and heat recovery systems.

The office building of our team member 3L was built in 1998 as a demonstration project for the Federal State of North Thine Westfalia. Its goal was to show the feasibility of creating buildings using innovative assembly techniques that avoid wet construction.

This 4-storey building has a floor area of 1,100 m2 and is composed of highly flexible steel frame and lightweight construction components, designed for modular dismantling and reuse.

We will demonstrate:

• building inspection and valuation methods
• building information model (BIM) for circular value flow planning method
• and will upgrade solutions for construction product

Additionally, based on the Reincarnate Circular Potential Information Model (CP-IM), we will demonstrate the architectural design methods accounting for:

• availability of reusable building components
• recyclables exploring the potential to reuse dismantled products

The South China Hotel has 19 storeys with 1 basement reinforced concrete building, about 75 m high, and a gross floor area of 7,682 m2.

We will demonstrate:

• automated building inspection and valuation
• BIM-supported disassembly planning methods
• on-site automated waste assessment and separation

With CP-IM established, the pilot will also focus on demonstrating:

• the interoperability of the proposed system at overseas projects
• its flexibility in catering to international-wise waste management policies, recycling industries, and material databases

In this demonstration, we will:

• Explore possibilities for dismantling, upgrading and reusing building components
• model buildings in the CP-IM to explore strategies for circular value flows and reuse potential
• dismantle and upgrade the windows of two to-be demolished buildings using the robotics cell of the Berlin Institute of Technology (Technische Universität Berlin – TUB) — and assess the possibilities to install them in other buildings

In this pilot we will demonstrate the possibility of entirely building tiny houses from reused materials and products.

To this end, we will develop a parametric BIM-based design tool for tiny houses around the materials and products of all Reincarnate demonstration projects. Additionally, we will explore possibilities for robotic automation of assembling tiny houses using the TUB robotics cell.

At the end of the project, we will build a tiny house with reused components and recycled materials and showcase it in Berlin.

This project is ideal to explore possibilities to avoid construction waste on a large scale.

Its existing BIM models and databases will be used to establish a project-wide CP-IM and focus on demonstrating:

• building inspection and valuation
• BIM for circular value flow planning
• BIM to support dismantling
• on-site waste assessment and separation
• strategic circular decision making for real estate assets
• architectural design methods
• upgrade solutions for construction products
• valuation of recycled materials

The Rijnstate Hospital headquarter was built in 1995 and has a total floor area of 110,000 m2.

Some parts have been renovated, but others have not, which offers a good opportunity to assess the impact of the Reincarnate project regarding the old renovations.

We will use our innovations to continue a long story of reusability and adaptation, and:

• assess the surface quality and material characteristics
• understand the possibilities to reuse materials and construction products compared to the previous renovation work in the hospital

This pilot is a great opportunity for generating new social housing and incorporating the re-use of building products in housing refurbishment.

We will demonstrate how our innovative technologies can be used to increase the efficiency and quality of data collection, contributing to lowering organizational costs to the benefit of affordable housing.

There is still little collaboration between architects and dismantling companies in the construction sector — crucial for circular construction and continued effective reuse of buildings and components.

• Architects need insight into materials and products that are released through dismantling so they can incorporate them into new building designs in a timely manner.
• Demolition companies need insight into the need for released materials and products so they can adjust their dismantling and (temporary) storage accordingly.

We will demonstrate that the Reincarnate innovations can facilitate direct collaboration between demolition companies and architects.

We will select three suitable and dedicated CDW management projects, one in each of Ragn-Sells’ main countries of operation — Denmark and Sweden.

We will demonstrate:

• building inspection and valuation methods
• BIM for circular value flow planning method

Additionally, it is planned to demonstrate:

• BIM-supported modular dismantling methods
• onsite waste assessment and separation methods

In this demonstration project, we will try to replicate Reincarnate innovations on a water treatment plan. A complex urban project that will allow us to demonstrate the wider applicability of our solutions — beyond buildings.

We will:

• model a water treatment plant renovation project using the CP-IM
• try to replicate the inspection/valuation methods, CP-IM interfaces, circular value flow planning, dismantling methods, waste assessment/separation, and valuation of recycled materials.
• complete BIM models of the existing plant to be demolished and of the new one to be constructed (‘reincarnated’)
• analyse the reusable materials and their re-use possibilities in the new plant
• materialize a tracing and location tracking of the material to maximize reuse