the Netherlands - Recreate

February 17, 2025
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The Refurbishing Plan developed by Lagemaat outlines a comprehensive renovation strategy for the Prinsenhof A-building that is being used as a donor building to transform it into the Circular Centre Netherlands (CCN) as the Dutch pilot project.

The plan addresses spatial integration, new site layout, and construction processes in Heerde. Temporary facilities, such as a mock-up and the Inspiration Pavilion, will be built to provide a realistic representation of the final design, to test the construction process and design details, and to allow visitors and stakeholders to explore the site. Additionally, a processing and sawing shed will be established to optimise space and facilitate refurbishment operations. The CCN design incorporates hollow-core slabs and façade elements. The façade elements are categorised into corner and middle elements based on structural application. The refurbishment involves uncovering external finishes and insulation to maintain structural integrity. A repurposed in-site tool will facilitate the processing and sawing of elements. Façade elements were cut, and the front parapets were removed from the structural elements with the saw wire. The parapets are then stored separately and stacked for clear and efficient organisation. Hollow-core slabs will be shortened using specialised equipment. This includes, among other things, cutting the elements using a specially designed setup tailored for shortening the slabs simultaneously.  This phase ensures the elements are prepared for reuse without damage and in the same place where the CCN will be assembled.

Materials are managed with appropriate storage space to ensure easy identification and accessibility. This arrangement allows efficient use of logistics and space at the main site. The strategic approach aims to reduce risks, minimise costs, and enhance the overall quality of the project. This plan aims to ensure good practices for sustainable construction and future projects, aligning with the objectives of the ReCreate project.


September 21, 2022
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At the end of the summer, members of the German ReCreate cluster met with members of the Dutch cluster for a transnational technical exchange at a deconstruction site in the small town of Weißenfels near Leipzig in Germany. In consultation with the BTU project manager Angelika Mettke and the German industry project partner Dietmar Gottschling of ECOSOIL, the meeting was prepared on-site to show how partial dismantling is carried out under practical conditions.

The dismantling process was observed by Viktoria Arnold (BTU), Thijs Lambrects, Hamidullah Attaullah (both TU/e) as well as an employee of the office of Patrick Teuffel (head of WP5) at the location site, Hardenbergstr. 39-42. The demonstration allowed them the ability to gain an insight into the dismantling process directly on site.

Considering the process, the partial deconstruction comprised the top two floors of the 5-story prefabricated building of the “P-Halle” type, which was constructed from the same range of prefab elements as the donor building for the ReCreate German pilot project at Otto-Nuschke-Str. 9-14 in Hohenmölsen. Accordingly, the same range of slabs and panels had to be dismantled and the same connections opened. That resulted in 30 dismantled floor slabs which required transport from Weißenfels to Hohenmölsen, where the temporary storage site is located.

The dismantled floor slabs are planned to be (re)used later on the same site in the planned pilot project, the construction of a youth center. Concerning the remaining dismantled concrete elements, they had to be handled with more caution because of potential causes of material composition. By that means, they first had to undergo the process of pre-shredding at the dismantling construction site and then sent to a recycling plant for material processing.

Check out the pictures of the site below of the dismantling process at the deconstruction site:

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EU FUNDING

“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 958200”.

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