Foreword
Recycling as a research field for virtuous practice
Adolfo F. L. Baratta
Essays
Upcycling of heritage materials in circular design
Graziella Bernardo
The quality of architecture with recycle technology
Agostino Catalano
Material information: tools for the urban mining implementation in the building sector
Massimiliano Condotta, Elisa Zatta
From waste to resource: Italian contribution to the LIFE programme
Gigliola D’Angelo, Monica Cannaviello
Use and reuse of vinyl plastics in construction
Camilla Sansone
Researches
The environmental impact evaluation of building elements in architecture: the design for disassembly
Laura Calcagnini
A glimpse into the past to develop a better future Upcycle approach for the Isle of Glass
Paola Careno, Stefano Centenaro, Filippo De Benedetti
DRINC Beer: Designing Recycle IN Concrete with Beer
Denis Faruku, Roberto Giordano, Stefania Riccio
Old generation mineral wools: the riskiness of discarded waste
Ornella Fiandaca, Alessandra Cernaro
Old generation mineral wools: the circularity of discarded waste
Alessandra Cernaro, Ornella Fiandaca
Design of products and spaces from recycling and reuse of waste
Fabio Enrique Forero Suarez
E-waste recycling for monitoring the microclimate in sub-Saharan Africa
Antonio Magarò
Material logistic systems for waste management in hospital
Massimo Mariani
Effect of moisture content and mixing procedure on the Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete with Silica fume
Beatriz E. Mira Rada, Andres Salas Montoya
Grape, hazelnut and wheat: new ingredients for architecture and design?
Elena Montacchini, Silvia Tedesco, Jacopo Andreotti
Towards the circular building as design practice. A Design for Disassembly case study
Elisabetta Palumbo, Massimo Rossetti, Francesco Incelli, Francesca Camerin, Chiara Panozzo
Reuse of salt waste in 3D printing: Case study
Vesna Pungercar, Martino Hutz, Florian Musso
The recovery of materials through selective demolition: a cost-benefit analysis
Giulia Sarra, Paola Altamura, Francesca Ceruti, Vito Introna, Marco La Monica
Recycling as an innovative driver in the glass production sector
Luca Trulli
Architectures and Design
From waste to value. When hidden vocations emerge from the shape of the stone residues
Laura Badalucco, Luca Casarotto
Recycling as a practice for social sustainability. Gjenge Makers’ recycled plastic bricks in Kenya
Laura Calcagnini, Luca Trulli
Waste and hospitality in common urban spaces: a didactic experience in the CIRCO laboratory
Francesco Careri, Fabrizio Finucci, Enrica Giaccaglia, Marco Mauti
Promoting the culture of recycling: the Reuse Centres
Francesca Castagneto
Criteria for disassembly and recycling of building components in restoration and new modular Architectural design. Building quality for sustainable construction
Agostino Catalano, Camilla Sansone
Carboard Distances: An experiment on an Upcycling Living Lab for envelopes
Stefano Converso
Failures and successes of a circular economy start-up: Sfridoo case study
Mario Lazzaroni, Marco Battaglia, Andrea Cavagna
The remanufacturing of reclaimed wood : the Dutch experience of Superuse Studios
Rosa Romano