ABSTRACT
Rotor has adapted its design practice so that it provides a one-stop shop for deconstructing, redesigning and rebuilding projects, promising a complete circular process. Rotor is able to supply this service because of different skills represented within the practice. The ‘Deconstruction’ programme is a separate cooperative company that has the skills and knowledge to focus on the careful dismantling of parts or the whole of a building and then sell on the reusable materials. According to Rotor, the exhibition and accompanying publication was ‘the result of an intensive investigation carried out in Belgium, analysing “wear” as a material phenomenon and as an agent capable of influencing actions. The Vade Mecum provides a step-by-step methodology helping clients to understand the processes of identification, reclamation and transfer of reusable materials, in order that it complies with public procurement legislation. Rotor’s work makes it possible for people to salvage construction material for reuse that was previously designated as waste and in effect untouchable.
