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    Meet the partners: interview with Harry Hofman

    [[{"fid":"46841","view_mode":"default","fields":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The City of Utrecht is one of the partners of the Action Planning Network URGE, in which it develops a new action plan to promote circularity in the building sector. Utrecht is the hometown of many frontrunners on the theme of circular construction, some of them have been active for over ten years. One of these frontrunners is GBN, a construction company that works on reuse of building materials and elements. We spoke to Harry Hofman - director for circular materials at GBN, about the past, present and future for circular construction in Utrecht.

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  • Meet the partners: interview with Harry Hofman

    [[{"fid":"46841","view_mode":"default","fields":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The City of Utrecht is one of the partners of the Action Planning Network URGE, in which it develops a new action plan to promote circularity in the building sector. Utrecht is the hometown of many frontrunners on the theme of circular construction, some of them have been active for over ten years. One of these frontrunners is GBN, a construction company that works on reuse of building materials and elements. We spoke to Harry Hofman - director for circular materials at GBN, about the past, present and future for circular construction in Utrecht.

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  • Meet the partners: interview with Harry Hofman

    [[{"fid":"46841","view_mode":"default","fields":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The City of Utrecht is one of the partners of the Action Planning Network URGE, in which it develops a new action plan to promote circularity in the building sector. Utrecht is the hometown of many frontrunners on the theme of circular construction, some of them have been active for over ten years. One of these frontrunners is GBN, a construction company that works on reuse of building materials and elements. We spoke to Harry Hofman - director for circular materials at GBN, about the past, present and future for circular construction in Utrecht.

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  • Meet the partners: interview with Harry Hofman

    [[{"fid":"46841","view_mode":"default","fields":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1","format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Harry Hofman","field_author[und][0][value]":"GBN Groep"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Harry Hofman","title":"Harry Hofman","height":100,"width":100,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The City of Utrecht is one of the partners of the Action Planning Network URGE, in which it develops a new action plan to promote circularity in the building sector. Utrecht is the hometown of many frontrunners on the theme of circular construction, some of them have been active for over ten years. One of these frontrunners is GBN, a construction company that works on reuse of building materials and elements. We spoke to Harry Hofman - director for circular materials at GBN, about the past, present and future for circular construction in Utrecht.

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  • Meet the partners: interview with Sebastian Knoll

    [[{"fid":"48554","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_author[und][0][value]":"City of Munich"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_author[und][0][value]":"City of Munich"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Sebastian Knoll","title":"Sebastian Knoll","height":445,"width":445,"style":"float: right; height: 100px; width: 100px;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The city of Munich works on the city’s first circular district, transforming the former military base ‘Bayernkaserne’ to a new urban district housing around 15,000 people. Making smart use of locally available materials is an important goal in the project. Sebastian Knoll, being an engineering ecologist, supports the ULG in Munich regarding the re- and upcycling of excavated soil and secondary raw materials as rooting layers. At the Technical University of Munich he is currently researching the possible re-use of brick material as plant substrates.

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  • Meet the partners: interview with Sebastian Knoll

    [[{"fid":"48554","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_author[und][0][value]":"City of Munich"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Sebastian Knoll","field_author[und][0][value]":"City of Munich"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Sebastian Knoll","title":"Sebastian Knoll","height":445,"width":445,"style":"float: right; height: 100px; width: 100px;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The city of Munich works on the city’s first circular district, transforming the former military base ‘Bayernkaserne’ to a new urban district housing around 15,000 people. Making smart use of locally available materials is an important goal in the project. Sebastian Knoll, being an engineering ecologist, supports the ULG in Munich regarding the re- and upcycling of excavated soil and secondary raw materials as rooting layers. At the Technical University of Munich he is currently researching the possible re-use of brick material as plant substrates.

    City of Utrecht

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