Reusing precast concrete for a circular economy
Activities
Eetu Lehmusvaara, Project researcher, Multimedia Creative Specialist Tampere University I worked as a videographer for the Finnish deconstruction pilot during autumn 2023 and spring 2024. I filmed the pilot project—a seven-storey office building located in Tampere—on multiple occasions during the autumn, which helped me realize the importance of documenting the stories of construction sites. Consumers […]
Introduction to the report: Actor ecosystems and critical actors in precast concrete reuse of the ReCreate project. The full report is available here. Authors: Lauri Alkki & Leena Aarikka-Stenroos; Tampere University The reuse of precast concrete elements is gaining momentum as a sustainable practice in the construction sector. But what does it take to make this […]
Olli Vigren KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Civil and Architectural Engineering Stanford University: Center for Integrated Facility Engineering & Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research Industry, scholarly, and policy interest in reusing concrete elements in construction has been on the rise. Reuse of concrete elements involves salvaging these elements from buildings condemned for demolition and reassembling […]
Events
16-18 September 2025 Tampere Hall congress centre Tampere, Finland (street address Yliopistonkatu 55) About the conference The 2nd International Conference on Circularity in the Built Environment (CiBEn) brings together pioneering researchers from all over Europe and beyond to share knowledge on the state-of-the-art on circular construction. Organised in collaboration between Tampere University (Finland), TU Delft […]
ReCreate
Most used construction material
Bridge the knowledge gaps
Importance of ReCreate
Project goals
ReCreate aims to bridge the knowledge gaps hindering the approach from reaching maturity as a socio-technical process by using the innovative pilots to explore, develop and demonstrate various national value chains, business models, legislation obstacles (e.g. building vs. waste legislation), as well as diverse building stocks with different kind of representative construction technologies, building types and sizes, and ownership structures.
