Duncan Baker-Brown is an award-winning architect, senior lecturer at University of Brighton, acclaimed author of The Reuse Atlas and a member of the judging panel for the Architects Journal Retrofit Awards. For over 25 years he has focussed his practice, teaching and research on Sustainable Design and closed loop systems. Duncan and I had a wide ranging conversation, which included

• how to activate the recent spate of climate emergency Declarations by professional bodies and public authorities
• the scale of the challenge and the size of the opportunity that UK construction represents
• where we need to concentrate our efforts to scale and speed-up the changes which our situation demands
• the role of data in making reuse easy and scalable
• restorative design and how the story-telling around circular economy sets it apart from 'sustainability'
• what ARE closed loops?
• The School Of Reconstruction

LINKS

Duncan's 'Wake Up' keynote to 600 architects at the AJ Awards Dinner

The School of Reconstruction

The Reuse Atlas: A Designer's Guide Toward the Circular Economy

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - Michael Braungart & William McDonagh

Trummelfrauen short film

Underland - Robert MacFarlane

Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the World - Ed Davey

ReRun Clothing

Circular Economy: A User's Guide - Walter Stahel

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