With the title ‘The new Deltaplan, sustainable building with natural materials’, Elsevier magazine devotes attention to architecture this week. In the article, Menno Rubbens and Jan Pesman of cepezed explain their perspectives.
since 1973
Elsevier responds with a voluminous report on the latest entanglements with nitrogen emissions in construction. Journalist Liesbeth Wytzes investigated various architects and concludes that cepezed is already fully engaged in sustainable building, in fact since 1973, reads the article.
no rules needed
Back then, there was no regulation taking climate change into account. Those rules do exist now, but Menno Rubbens of cepezedprojects, like architects Thomas Rau, Paul de Ruiter, Daan Bruggink (Orga) and Do Janne Vermeulen (Team V), indicates that they do not need those rules at all. They are driven by curiosity, an innovative spirit and care for the planet. Professor Andy van den Dobbelsteen (TU Delft), who recently gave a lecture at cepezed, argues in the article that technically we can actually do everything already. 'The trick now becomes to build ordinary neighborhoods energy-neutral and circular.'
incredible feats
There is not only an energy transition, Wytzes observes. 'Among architects, there is also a materials transition and a design transition going on.' She quotes Menno Rubbens who points out that you have to think about how a building can age. "The structures we make survive the test of time. They are flexible, they can be adapted." Wytzes calls projects like the Temporary Court Amsterdam - now on its way to a new function in Enschede - and The Green House in Utrecht "unprecedented highlights". Personally, it earned Rubbens the title of circular hero 2022.
since 1973
Elsevier responds with a voluminous report on the latest entanglements with nitrogen emissions in construction. Journalist Liesbeth Wytzes investigated various architects and concludes that cepezed is already fully engaged in sustainable building, in fact since 1973, reads the article.
no rules needed
Back then, there was no regulation taking climate change into account. Those rules do exist now, but Menno Rubbens of cepezedprojects, like architects Thomas Rau, Paul de Ruiter, Daan Bruggink (Orga) and Do Janne Vermeulen (Team V), indicates that they do not need those rules at all. They are driven by curiosity, an innovative spirit and care for the planet. Professor Andy van den Dobbelsteen (TU Delft), who recently gave a lecture at cepezed, argues in the article that technically we can actually do everything already. 'The trick now becomes to build ordinary neighborhoods energy-neutral and circular.'
incredible feats
There is not only an energy transition, Wytzes observes. 'Among architects, there is also a materials transition and a design transition going on.' She quotes Menno Rubbens who points out that you have to think about how a building can age. "The structures we make survive the test of time. They are flexible, they can be adapted." Wytzes calls projects like the Temporary Court Amsterdam - now on its way to a new function in Enschede - and The Green House in Utrecht "unprecedented highlights". Personally, it earned Rubbens the title of circular hero 2022.
