A Living Lab
From the construction system to the façade design, the entire building functions as a living laboratory. It is fully demountable, modular, and built with sustainable materials—meeting all the criteria of a 100% circular structure. Prefabricated elements and dry assembly techniques enable simple modification and disassembly of building components.
BAULAB—also referred to as Bouwcampus 2.0—embodies the core principles of Inspiration, Collaboration, and Research & Development through tangible experiments and exhibitions housed within the building itself.
The design anticipates dynamic adaptability over the building’s entire lifespan, in both height and width, allowing it to evolve alongside shifting user needs, future functions, regulatory frameworks, site conditions, and climate challenges.
To promote circular thinking across the entire supply chain, it is essential that every stakeholder takes responsibility. By requiring suppliers to take back their products at end-of-life, they are actively incentivized to develop truly circular solutions.
From Project to Product
Our needs—and even our identities—are temporary. The products and buildings that serve these needs must be just as adaptable. But as the frequency of change continues to accelerate, our needs often evolve faster than the lifecycle of the products designed to meet them. The smartphone is a perfect example of this growing gap.
At the same time, we continue to produce these goods using finite resources—raising urgent questions for the future. How can we keep meeting future demands with the limited raw materials available today?
The answer lies in rethinking construction altogether. No longer do we "build" in the traditional sense; we temporarily deposit materials, integrating them thoughtfully and strategically into a building. The result is not a project, but a product—a circular material depot with long-term value.
A building designed this way avoids surprises, thinks ahead, and moves forward with purpose. It is built like a car, personalized like a smartphone, managed like a steward, and facilitated like a financial controller.
