The Reuse of Ceramic Materials in Architectural Design – Case Studies

No.	PROJECT NAME	ARCHITECT
01	Cubo House	Phooey Architects
02	Ningbo Historic Musem	Wang Shu
03	Capilla San Bernardo	Nicolas Campodonico
04	Kamikatz Public House	Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
05	Collage House	S+PS Architects
06	The Beehive	Luigi Rosselli + Raffaello Rosselli
07	China Academy of Arts’ Folk Art Museum	Kengo Kuma & Associates
08	Upcycle House	Lendager Group
09	Pavilion 4	HMA Architects & Designers
10	Holiday Cabin	Lendager Group
11	Ravensburg Art Museum	LRO Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
12	Resources Rows	Lendager Group
13	House for the Homeless	xystudio
14	Tongjiang Recycled Brick School	Joshua Bolchover - John Lin
15	Clay Roof House	DRTAN LM Architect
16	8B Nave	Arturo Franco
17	Kancelaria Adwokacka	Konior Studio
18	The Brick House	Betweenlines
19	Lisbjerg	Lendager Group
20	Kinglake Fire Proof House	Joost Bakker
21	Hill End Eco-House	Riddel Architecture
22	Pointe Valaine Community Centre	Smith Vigeant Architects
23	The City Houses	Vandkunsten Architects
24	VERBIEST	AgwA
25	Couronne 311	VLA Architecture
26	Chiro Itterbeek	Rotor

Table 2.

Checklist for comparative analysis – overall building characteristics (source: author’s elaboration)

no.	location					function					area [m²]	material					design startegy			reuse drivers
	1- Europe 2- Asia 3 - North America 4 - South America 5 - Australia					1 - single family house 2 - multifamily house 3 - office 4 - cultural building 5 - commercial building					area [m²]	1 - demolition 2 - material storage 3 - construction work 4 - leftovers 5 - materials donated					1 - re-creation 2 - transformation 3 - prevention			1 - ecological 2 - economical 3 - social 4 - visual
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5		1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	1	2	3	4
01					x	x					410	x					x	x				x
02		x							x		30000	x						x				x
03				x					x		92	x					x	x				x
04		x								x	115	x			x		x		x	x
05		x				x					520	x			x			x	x			x	x
06					x			x			410	x						x		x
07		x							x		4970	x					x	x				x	x
08	x					x					129	x					x	x		x	x		x
09		x							x		10200	x					x			x
10	x					x					160	x					x	x		x			x
11	x								x		1900	x						x		x			x
12	x						x				9148	x			x		x	x		x	x		x
13	x						x				1485	x			x	x		x	x	x		x
14		x							x		1096	x					x	x			x
15		x				x					612	x						x			x
16	x								x		1000	x						x				x	x
17	x							x			1955	x						x				x
18		x				x					250	x			x	x	x		x		x
19	x						x				-	x						x		x	x
20					x	x					220	x						x		x
21					x	x					261	x					x	x		x
22			x						x		800	x					x			x
23	x					x					173000	x					x			x
24	x					x					610	x					x			x
25	x							x			-			x			x			x			x
26	x								x		19	x	x		x		x		x	x	x
SUM	12	8	1	1	4	10	3	3	9	1	-	25	1	1	6	2	17	18	5	16	7	8	8

Table 3.

Checklist with detailed data on each building material. (source: author’s elaboration)

No.	type of element	material source					original place of implementation	final place of implementaton	original function					final function				design strategy
		1 - demolition 2 - material storage 3 - construction work 4 - leftovers 5 - donated materials							1 - structural 2 - non-structural 3 - finishing 4 - insulation 5 - leftovers				1-structural 2 - non-structural 3 - finishing 4 - insulation				1 - re-creation 2 - transformation 3 - prevention
		1	2	3	4	5			1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	1	2	3
01	bricks	x					construction walls	facade cladding	x						x				x
02	bricks	x					construction walls	facade cladding	x						x				x
	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	facade cladding		x					x				x
03	bricks	x					construction walls	construction walls, floor, slab	x					x	x			x	x
04	bricks				x		recycling leftovers	floor					x		x			x		x
05	tiles				x		samples (new material)	flower pot			x					x			x	x
06	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	facade cladding, sun breakers		x					x				x
07	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	roof and facade cladding, sun breakers		x					x			x	x
08	bricks	x					construction walls	walls finish, floor finish	x						x				x
09	bricks	x					construction walls	construction walls, facade cladding	x						x			x
10	bricks	x					construction walls	floor finish, chimney	x						x	x			x
11	bricks	x					construction walls	facade cladding	x						x				x
12	bricks	x					facade cladding	facade cladding	x						x				x
13	bricks	x					construction walls	facade cladding	x						x				x
	tiles				x	x	leftovers (new material)	walls finish			x					x				x
14	bricks	x					construction walls	facade cladding, partition walls	x						x			x	x
	rubbel	x					construction walls	roof termal insulation	x						x		x		x
15	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	facade cladding, sun breakers		x					x				x
16	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	partition walls, walls finish		x					x				x
17	bricks	x					construction walls	facade cladding	x						x				x
18	bricks	x					construction walls	foundings	x					x					x
	rubbel	x					construction walls	ground level elevation					x		x				x
	tiles				x	x	shop display leftovers (new)	walls and floor finish			x					x		x		x
19	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	facade cladding		x					x				x
20	bricks	x					construction walls	facade claddin	x						x				x
21	tiles	x					floor finish	pavements			x				x				x
22	bricks	x					construction and partition walls	partition walls	x					x				x
23	bricks	x					facade cladding	facade cladding		x					x			x
24	roof tiles	x					roof cladding	roof cladding		x					x			x
25	tiles			x			terrace	terrace			x					x		x
	tiles			x			walls finish	walls finish			x					x		x
26	bricks	x	x				facade cladding	facade cladding		x					x			x
	tiles	x					walls finish	walls finish			x					x		x
	roof tiles				x		new materials leftovers	roof cladding		x					x			x		x