Digitalising the material stock
General description
Material databases or passports are created to record and evaluate building materials. This predominantly applies for new buildings. The resulting inventory is not only useful during the design and construction phase, but especially in the post-use phase of a building, which requires a long-term data management. This might facilitate the reuse and recycling of existing building fabric. At the same time, a dynamic system of reuse might evolve by connecting material inventories of many buildings, which can be the start of using the city as a material bank.
Examples
CRCLR
Berlin, Germany
The old (and new) materials used in the building were also stored in a material database. It was part of the circular concept to ensure digital access of the materials and components used in the project.