PodcastPublikationsdatum 12.09.2024

Squaring the Circle. A Podcast on Building Material Reuse and Circular Construction.


This is a podcast on building material reuse and circular construction for those interested in a more sustainable management of our built environment and a careful handling of building materials. It is produced by the Urban Bricolage-research team based at the Unit of Social Anthropology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland (www.urbanbricolage.ch). The five episodes discuss existing practices and pioneering work of companies and initiatives that push forward reuse in architecture based on anthropological fieldwork in Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Italy. Main topics of the episodes are: Demolition, Emergency, Quality, Circular Design and Building with the Existing.

Link to the podcast: https://tube.switch.ch/channels/gPFqEGSUHr