UPCYCLING. REUSE AS A DESIGN PRINCIPLE IN ARCHITECTURE

This book explores the potential of historical concepts of upcycling the qualitative recycling of buildings and building components and confronts them with new developments in architectural and building practice.The authors look into the question of whether and how new solutions could be found for future architecture. Recycling and upcycling should not be a matter of idealism, but rather p resent an argument for economy and the quality of structure and design.