Presentation of a working paper on information systems for deconstruction. The picture is taken at the conference dinner.

At the 2018 Arise symposium, I presented – preliminary – findings of a project on information systems for deconstruction practices.

To understand what is going on at a site, I participated in demolishing/deconstructing a building (from start to end).

With an ‘inspiration session’ on circular demolition, I contributed to a competition between pupils of secondary schools. An answer to the question ‘how demolition contractors create new life’. Other contributors: Uzin Utz and Heijmans.

Closure of the EU-funded Tempus project. I presented recent work under the title End-of-life-cycle information management: how demolition contractors recover value.

I presented the paper BIM uses for reversible building design: Identification, classification & elaboration at the 3rd Green Design Conference in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A significant part of the one-time summer school on Healthcare Operations Research is devoted to serious gaming techniques. My former colleague Alexandr and I were invited to introduce the essential basics to the +/- 50 participating PhD students from all around the world and to get them inspired for making a serious game (prototype) themselves.

At the annual BAMB stakeholder meeting, interested parties were informed about the progress of research and development activities done by our BAMB consortium.

‘Practice what you preach’: using a simple low-tech visualization tool that I made, we (PhD and PDEng students) collaboratively designed a floor plan for our new office space.

The hospital buildings Dijkzigt and (temporary) main entrance are not needed any longer. Through lectures and workshops, we explored the reuse potential of these buildings.

To discuss some of the challenges of a software framework for evaluating reversible building designs. (more…)

A former healthcare building was visited that was being deconstructed. Construction workers took valuable components, elements and materials out for future reuse. (more…)

De Goot Vroomshoop is a construction firm that produces and installs building systems. During a company visit, we saw how products are returned and prepared for reuse.

I gave an introductory lecture about Revit to the freshmen students of Civil Engineering (University of Twente). Topics included: parametric design, BIM uses, state-of-the-art within the industry and software functionalities.

Explanation about the use of a BIM-based marketplace for disassembled building components and elements.

The International Design Studio – that started in Sarajevo and was followed up in Istanbul – came to its conclusion with a symposium on reversible building design in Maastricht. Participants of the studio were awarded a certificate of recognition after presenting their final design proposals.

The Buildings As Material Banks (BAMB) research project is creating circular solutions for the building sector. BAMB seeks to develop and integrate new tools that will enable a shift towards dynamically and flexibly designed buildings that can be incorporated into a circular economy.

During this one-week workshop, we developed design concepts for dynamic and circular building. (more…)

I attended a Tempus project meeting at Chalmers University of Technology, the topic of the meeting being BIM in education.

Frederick van Amstel defended his thesis Expansive Design: designing with contradictions. As one of his paranymphs, I engaged in a design game: the simulation of a PhD defense within the actual defense.

I gave a workshop on possibilities for serious games in construction management education. A prototype of the Tower of Infinity was play-tested for the first time as well.

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BIM stories from practice were shared at the BIM Praktijkdag 2015.