Circular Product Design

Building products are the basic components of the built environment. The choice of materials, subcomponents and their internal and external interfaces provide them with properties that have a great impact on the life-cycle performance of a building such as reuse, repair and remanufacturing. As such, they play a crucial role in the transition from the Linear to a Circular Built Environment.

Our input to students is structured across four domains of inquiry: materials, design, manufacturing and management. Our intention is to identify key parameters, but also the complex interdependencies of the aforementioned domains.

The course comprises of in-class lectures from selected guests, constant online exchange and in-situ excursions to manufacturing facilities.

Analysis of benchmark products and context. Conceptualization of product configurations and functionality. Design of a building product and its presentation in drawings and 1:1 prototypes of selected details.

Students should achieve a minimum grade of 6.0 to pass this course. In case a grade is 5.0 or 5.5, students will get the opportunity to repair the assignment within a period of 2 weeks from the result announcement, a successful repair will be assessed with a 6.0.

(A retake can be done in the next year)