Thursday Sep 18

Morning, 9:00-10:50

Room: Duetto 1
Session: Products

Hosts: Simon Wijte & Arlind Dervishaj
  • Ruben van Vooren (via online): On-site reuse of façade products: case studies on the benefits of 1:1 mock-ups
  • Agnese Scalbi: Mechanical Interlock System for Reversible Precast Slabs
  • Tim Gudmand-Høyer: Experiment testing of a new RC application with re-integrated reclaimed precast concrete panels
  • Arlind Dervishaj: From Precast Structures to reusable componepnts: Processing and reconditioning of reclaimed precast concrete elements
  • Agnese Scalbi: Steel cylinder connectors for reversible precast concrete floors: the CCN case study

Room: Duetto 2
Session: Business 3

Hosts: Lauri Alkki & Eetu Lehmusvaara
  • Hanna Davis & Pyry Harsunen: How circular economy innovations emerge in the construction sector
  • Margaux Lespagnard: How Do Circular Construction Strategies Impact Housing Projects? The Need for Context-Specific Approaches
  • Lamiaa Ghoz: A stakeholder-issue mapping of reuse of residential buildings
  • Wendy Wuyts: Testing Ecosystem and Collaborative Circular Business Model Frameworks for Hemp-Based CNC-Knitted Construction at Low Technology Readiness Levels
  • Janis Butkevics: From Theory to Practice: Mapping Institutional and Stakeholder Theory Pathways for Sustainable Construction

Room: Riffi
Session: Materials

Hosts: Benjamin Matthews & Thijs Lambrechts
  • Takafumi Sugiyama: Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Steam Cured Slag Concrete with Low-grade Recycled Coarse Aggregate
  • Erdi Avci: Recycled Quarry Sludge as a Sustainable Approach for Mitigating Alkali-Silica Reaction in Aggregates from İstanbul
  • Juho Rasmus: Environmental evaluation of recycling waste concrete
  • Armando Arvizu-Montes: Evaluation of Spanish Esparto Fibers as a Natural Alternative to Synthetic Fibers for Concrete Reinforcement: Mechanical and Physical Properties
  • Oskar Ranefjärd: Better Utilisation of Sawmill Residues: A Pilot Study on Biobased Insulation

Keynote lecture, 10:50-11:50

Maud Lanau:
The built environment as a living system: Towards resource- and carbon-efficient cities

Early afternoon, 12:50-14:20

Room: Duetto 1
Session: Quality management 3

Hosts: Jukka Lahdensivu & Thijs Lambrechts
  • Benjamin Matthews: Derivation of Appropriate Design Values for Reused Precast Concrete Elements through Adjusted Eurocode 2 Partial Factors
  • Yuli Ye: Data-driven approaches for predicting mechanical properties of structural steel
  • Eline Vereecken: Application of the ECOV method for assessing the load-bearing capacity of existing structures
  • Aapo Räsänen: Quality Management Process for Reclaimed Concrete Elements: Best Practice from ReCreate

Room: Duetto 2
Session: Design 4

Hosts: Helena Westerlind & Niko Kotkavuo
  • Sini Saarimaa & Tuomo Joensuu: Integrating Circular Economy Principles in Building Design: Synergies and Tensions Between Durability, Adaptability, and Design for Disassembly
  • Helena Westerlind: Architectural Reuse of Precast Concrete Systems: Adaptive Transformations at the Building, Room, and Element Scale
  • Célia Küpfer: ARC – an online “Atlas of Reused Concrete”
  • Katarina Malaga: Återhus 3.0: Building new from old

Room: Riffi
Session: Urban mining 3

Hosts: Agnese Scalbi & Mario Kolkwitz
  • Jingxian Ye: Softmax Similarity Weighting for Bottom-up Building Stock Modelling: Application to Building Replacements in Zurich (2001–2019)
  • Zoé Cord’homme: Approaching building lifetimes and hazard rates through demolition patterns
  • Nils Dittrich: Deriving temporal and spatial evidence of buildings from aerial orthophotos using computer vision
  • Riikka Kalmari (via video): Modelling Dynamic Flow of Finnish Building Stock

Late afternoon, 14:50-16:15

Room: Duetto 1
Session: Value chains 2

Hosts: Kjartan Gudmundsson & Arlind Dervishaj
  • Sann Carrière (via online): Digital Product Passports as Enablers of Circular Value in Construction Supply Chains
  • Xiongwei Huang: Node-Based Canvas Editor for Digital Product Passport Creation
  • Tiina Vainio-Kaila: Supporting Circular Economy in Building Construction Through Product Data and AI assistance: Retailers’ Perspective
  • José Hernández Vargas: A Taxonomic Framework for Structured Databases of Reusable Precast Concrete Elements

Room: Duetto 2
Session: Infrastructure

Hosts: Patrick Teuffel & Marlene Schulz
  • Isaac da Silva Torres: Trusted Service Layer for Circular Infrastructure: Establishing Reliable Reuse of Bridge Components
  • Siyi Mao: Reuse-oriented Infrastructure Management Plan: A Reinforced Concrete T-beam Bridge Case Study
  • Marlene Schulz: A Circular Strategy for Deutsche Bahn’s Real Estate Assets

Room: Riffi
Session: Policy & social 2

Hosts: Paul Jonker-Hoffrén & Chloe Kiernicki
  • Marjan Marjanovic: Envisioning Circular Futures in Shrinking Cities and Regions: Goal Dependencies Underpinning Transition Drivers
  • Deniz Ucer Erduran: Revitalizing Brickmaking for Industrial Heritage and Ecological Preservation
  • Melanie Ross: An Indigenous Approach to Community Building Longevity Through Retrofits
  • Olumide Ayanrinde: Towards Circular and Sustainable Housing in Nigeria: The Potential of Circular Building Labels