Circular design in heat transfer station
The Hakfort heat transfer station is part of the district heating network in Amsterdam.
The heat distribution station has been designed to be as circular as possible, using a reusable steel construction and reusable wooden beams.
The roof of the building is covered with grasses. Construction waste has also been processed in the bricks themselves. FRONT, former StoneCycling, supplied bricks and brick strips. In the sliced bricks the construction waste can be seen in the form of light speckles.
The combination of different textures and layers, presented in a lively orange façade, resulted not only in a functional and circular design, but also in an aesthetically pleasing building. A total of 104,656 kg of waste was upcycled in this project.
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