Baukreisel is an interdisciplinary collective of architects, engineers, political and social scientists, economists, and lawyers.  The organization is dedicated to maximizing reuse of existing building materials through research of scalable reuse processes, as well as through designing with reused materials in the architectural practice – confronting and challenging the material and immaterial damage of current building practices. In addition, Baukreisel is also sharing and drawing attention to this knowledge through teaching and creative activism, advocating for a fundamental reorientation of the building industry by re-evaluating and critically questioning existing linear processes, at the same time aiming to create a new sense of beauty.

Baukreisel aims to preserve both the material energy – hence resources and CO2 emitting materials – as well as the creative energy – building culture and design practices – encapsulated in existing buildings. 

Studio ACTE  is a Franco-Dutch architecture studio founded by Estelle Barriol in Rotterdam (2020). Studio ACTE focuses on exploring resilient architectures inspired by vernacular systems, emphasizing low-tech and geo-sourced designs based on reuse materials. Involving small and large-scale projects, material research, collective process and self-building, their work tends to look for possible applied solutions to address the depletion of resources and the fragility of ecosystems. Through a Design and Build method driven by experimentation, Studio ACTE rethinks the act of building from reuse, people and culture.

While focusing on details and assemblies involving local know-how, the studio believes in regenerative practices inviting craftsmanship and aesthetics as an equation towards sustainability.