ABSTRACT
A move to a circular economy requires that each stakeholder involved in the building-making process makes a change to their respective role and task. This includes governments, legislators, suppliers and vendors, financial institutions, homeowners, and architects. This chapter traces how multiple stakeholders operate in the current linear construction process, some of the consequences of this model, and how an integrated design process offers a promising alternative pathway forward. This integrated design process comes with new methods of enabling knowledge transfer between all stakeholders and reimagines each stakeholder's role within a life cycle perspective. The idea is not only to draw existing initiatives and expertise together but also to create new connections and convergences for new modes of apprehending the building process. These shifts boil down to three main ideas: reshaping regulation for flexibility, increasing collaboration and communication, and incorporating new digital technologies to improve productivity. As stakeholders learn to transfer knowledge productively and collaborate with each other simultaneously, long-term life cycle planning can be achieved.
