How to recycle an old U.S. military base

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Construction is incredibly resource-intensive and emissions-heavy, but we can’t just stop building things. Thankfully, there are mountains of construction material sitting under our noses in old buildings. How can we use old materials to make new construction greener?
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@DWPlanetA 15 күн бұрын

Are there any urban mining projects happening on where you live?

@soton5teve 13 күн бұрын

It can house all the illegal immigrates the eu are sending and have sent to the uk, but won't take back because we are not in the eu, but they still send them!

@MetaView7 11 күн бұрын

What a shame. 80 years on and DE is still occupied.

@michaelhoran407 8 күн бұрын

Yes! Rocky Mountain Arsenal on 15,000 acres ten miles north of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. was cleaned up and repurposed as a national wildlife refuge. This cost $2.1 billion USD. The site had been used to manufacture chemical weapons, e.g. mustard gas, nerve gas since 1948 until 1984. Today it’s home to thousands of Great Plains wildlife.😮❤

@CausticLemons7 7 күн бұрын

@@MetaView7 Why don't they ask them to leave? Weird that it's apparently shameful yet reality doesn't follow...

@maddynewhouse143 2 күн бұрын

There are stores across the US run by the non-profit Habitat for Humanity called the Habitat Re-stores, where people can donate their used household things like building materials, appliances, fixtures, and furniture! The stores help to fund the homes that Habitat for Humanity build for families in need. I am also friends with a man that goes into old homes and buildings and salvages their building materials and sells them. Think beautiful old hardwood floors, windows, doors, even door handles!

@boluaiyepola9271 13 күн бұрын

I’m an urban miner in Nigeria! The practice extends beyond just circular construction, and includes generally seeking out resource banks in urban areas. I’m currently working on scouting important molecules for the chemical industry, from waste material. Needless to say, I love my job.

@miked451 12 күн бұрын

Awesome!

@yuanruichen2564 6 күн бұрын

Good to know Nigeria is finding its own way

@christineskead1663 3 күн бұрын

A good thing....these old buildings are really ugly

@markthompson180 8 күн бұрын

I'm glad to see that this is a growing movement. Here in the US, I always think it's such a shame to see buildings being demolished and then all of the materials being carted off to the landfill, when exactly the same materials will be needed to construct new buildings.

@Gardenpixee 15 күн бұрын

There's a company here that recycles whole buildings and has their own yard where they then on sell it. Only seen wooden structures done as there's a lot of tough native wood that can be reused and its not a large company but I'm still stoked with the efforts and quality of what's sold on

@OffGridInvestor 13 күн бұрын

That just a demolition yard. Many countries have these. Great for period renovations and cheap second hand stuff. My bedroom wood heater come from a since demolished house. They essentially disassemble everything with a wrecking bar and keep the good stuff in the yard while the rotten timber is taken to landfill/incinerator.

@creedreaming 15 күн бұрын

Imagine, in the future, for every house build, there is also a data base for that house which contains all the materials used. So, as soon as it will be deconstructed, nobody needs to examine anything, because the database already exists. It would make the urban mining project much faster.

@winnipegnick 15 күн бұрын

Hmm, I like a good database, but what happens when the home owner replaces a toilet, light fixture or appliance when it dies. Will they be required to update the database? This may be necessary for accuracy.

@xitro20xx 15 күн бұрын

as people renovate about a piece of their house every 10 years, it would be very very hard. also privacy

@Badirseferzade 14 күн бұрын

what a stupid government is germany. I apy here 1500 eur rent. people are homeless millions of houses are missing and they demolished these apartments

@beskamir5977 14 күн бұрын

Cool idea but too idealistic for our reality. The privacy nightmare that could pose isn't worth it.

@SnowyMary 14 күн бұрын

@@beskamir5977 maybe not for the easily movable parts, but for the house itself? I still see people having to test for asbestos before demolishing anything. but then, renovating every 10 years (aside from maybe repainting or a new fridge) seems absolutely wild to me and the family homes I usually see

@justinefafard2355 13 күн бұрын

I used to live on a Canadian base in Lahr in the 80s- it looked very similar to the one in the video and the buildings were well-built. I believe it was refurbished and remained as housing. There were so many bases across Germany until the end of the Cold War. Many fond memories!

@jennyh4025 5 күн бұрын

I know that a former base in Cologne was refurbished and is now used as housing.

@aprildawnsunshine4326 15 күн бұрын

In poorer areas of the southern states in the US I've seen this a lot but very informally. People will basically raid sites that are being taken down for whatever they can use as well as any leftover material from newer construction. It's common practice to set your leftovers on the curb even in more well off neighborhoods once your project is done. A number of people in construction have told me their company policy is to just throw extras away because it's too complicated to use them for a different project from a billing perspective.

@eugenetswong 12 күн бұрын

Putting materials on the curb is a great idea. It's an intuitive message that the items are free to take. This saves on dumping fees, so it really is a win-win. If there isn't enough room, then the company could ask neighbours to lend space near the curb.

@nick6var 10 күн бұрын

That was my home for three years as a child. I have memories of going into the small thrift shop and seeing the floor markings showing that it was the previous bowling alley. My brother's scouts meetings mainly were in the middle school, whose cafeteria displayed a number of historical flag designs from the American Revolution. Catholics had Sunday school in the elementary school, and then we'd walk to the church. The cross would be rotated from the Protestant side to the Catholic side and then we'd have our service. I was a kid and I was allowed to go all over the place. I would occasionally go to the library by myself. And when I finally got my dog tags, I could run to the store and buy what my mom needed while making dinner. So many memories in the place. 😢

@DWPlanetA 10 күн бұрын

Hey Nick! Wow, that is crazy - thanks for sharing your memories with us here 😊 Did you know that they are working on this project?

@nick6var 9 күн бұрын

I accidentally dropped my figure of Hefty Smurf (jogging in his running outfit) down a vent in a group of seats at the new bowling alley. (It was '87 or '88.)

@nick6var 9 күн бұрын

@@DWPlanetA One of my sister's found this video and shared it. Every once in awhile one of my sister's finds something else about PHV and shares it, like when it was used to house migrants.

@kateboyd6422 7 күн бұрын

@@nick6var I also lived in PHV as a child ('92-'94) and have sent this video to my family and a childhood friend I am still in contact with. Speaking of vents, my friend and I tried to lift one once and I ended up injuring my hand. I also remember us kids throwing the chestnuts at each other and walking to school everyday. I have many, many of times wondered what happened to the base. I swear that opening shot could've been taken outside my stairwell, the ground floor apartment on the left.

@nick6var 6 күн бұрын

@@kateboyd6422 I remember our building was in a straight line to the elementary school. I think it was 4435 Lexington Drive, but I'm really not sure about the building number. We were on the second floor. Our three Christmases there we had real trees. The first one in 1985 the needles were shedding pretty badly and the tree was fairly brown when Epiphany came around. Taking the tree down the stairwell was quite a mess, so the next year my mom had an idea. Those big windows that appeared in the video? They open pretty far. So we actually just dropped the tree out of the window and most of the needles fell off. So many fun memories! 😄

@jfb_ventures 14 күн бұрын

Urban mining is very common in the townships and shanty towns in South Africa.

@SonnyDarvishzadeh 15 күн бұрын

Much needed approach for Germany that doesn't like to demolish old buildings for the sake of environment. I hope this becomes mainstream tech and we don't have to hear neighbors walking or flushing their toilets as if there is a cardboard between us or know when they turn on their heater, since their pipes are running through our units.

@wormfood868 13 күн бұрын

I used to live there in the mid 1980's. I really liked living there as a kid.

@brucestarr4438 13 күн бұрын

20-30 years ago I worked on large construction projects demolishing old concrete building like shopping centers or factory's. They were large enough that it was profitable to bring in portable crushers to turn the old concrete into recycled sub base for onsite and other building projects. The steel rebar was sold to metal recyclers. Asphalt roads are regularly broken down by grinders and taken to be used in new asphalt production. In my State in the USA, it is cheaper to recycle it than put in landfills.

@LouisSubearth 9 күн бұрын

What state though?

@ConstantChaos1 12 күн бұрын

I actually was loving the raw data being provided, i didnt think it was dry at all this is cool new tech enabling us to reuse buildings like they are old fashioned jointed timber built

@franzisbrecht8837 10 күн бұрын

Love this project and happy to be a part of it through our Madaster material cadastre that enables to make these reuse and recycling processes a way more efficient.

@JohnBurkhertJr 13 күн бұрын

I lived in carbon copies of those Patrick Henry Village apartments in Ben Franklin Village outside of Mannheim. Some of our little league games were in Heidelberg, I recall playing marbles after a game at PHV. Those kids were good; I lost my marbles - or at least a few of them.

@Nikoo033 15 күн бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. Loved the building passport, listing and taking note of all the materials that could be available from a building, should it be demolished in the future. 👏🏻

@danielcarroll3358 13 күн бұрын

Living in a college town in California one has a great selection of furniture and electronics available at the end of each semester. Just walk down the street with your eyes open. ;) Students put everything at the curb. Lots of IKEA especially, but also last year's television, stereo and computer.

@Picknumber3milord 4 күн бұрын

And a lot of them put out good quality stuff. Stanford graduation was great lol

@sbdiaries 10 күн бұрын

A very big project to manage ,and glad to hear that many years of thought gone into it . Greetings from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon and Beth ❤❤❤

@Thecuriousincident1 2 күн бұрын

That fridge and oven looked perfection usable.

@JG-mp5nb 9 күн бұрын

Most of the buildings on this base were in fact built by Germans using German materials and local codes. American Engineers simply awarded contracts to different firms and insured that they were built to contract terms. While I was there in the 1980’s much that was of inferior or antiquated design was in fact torn down and replaced with the best available materials and built by Germans (Boiler plants, fuel storage). Before departure for the final time many items were replaced with new items or repaired for future German use. Then the sites sat empty for a decade plus.

@robertsmith5744 5 күн бұрын

Yep.

@tomtom2806 7 күн бұрын

Thinking in terms of environmentally friendly material cycles starts with everyday questions: If I decide to move into an existing building and into an existing settlement with existing infrastructure, I am already doing a lot for this idea. Because then you don't have to demolish and rebuild.

@NeoDerGrose 5 күн бұрын

The principle is much older. For example the original facade of the famous Arena di Verona is missing because citizens priced it apart to build houses.

@57WillysCJ 12 күн бұрын

The biggest improvement would be to not let these buildings sit dormant for so long. Without care they start to deteriate fast. The roofs start leaking and ceilings fall then mold starts growing. I would see about shipping appliances, windows and other items to poorer countries. The windows may not be the best for Germany or even that energy efficient anywhere but they are better than no windows.

@GuideTheNation 3 күн бұрын

Thanks DW, great video. Professional, educational and inspirational!

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@hrs6480 10 күн бұрын

Don’t ask what’s hiding in the underground beneath these lands… I am from there you don’t wanna know ..

@user-ru6cd4nc2y 3 күн бұрын

Fascinating! I lived on Patrick Henry Village in 1965-67. This is a great approach to re-designing the location.

@DWPlanetA 3 күн бұрын

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@SnowyMary 14 күн бұрын

What a way to find out there's urban mining happening in my area! Greeting from Heidelberg :D This is so cool, how didn't I know this?

@bitelogger 12 күн бұрын

I love the idea of urban mining, amazing

@christiankaiser7747 11 күн бұрын

Good idea to reuse materials and parts of the demolished buildings. But renovating/reusing all buildings would be better. I think the main reason why only 1/3 of the buildings are reused is that new build houses/buildings sell better and they can fit more buildings on the same area (sell more apartments etc.) I’ve seen that many times. Old Buildings are demolished and then new ones with more space are build.

@joncarter8896 11 күн бұрын

This is an interesting question, especially for Eastern Europe, because there are many buildings of the Soviet era whose service life has expired, and there are also buildings destroyed by war and these are hundreds of tons of resources that should not become garbage.

@notamoonraker 2 күн бұрын

Unfortunately many Soviet bases contain hazardous materials such as asbestos..

@flowermeerkat6827 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video.

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@mai_world 12 күн бұрын

This is fantastic!!!

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@alicefreist318 12 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, one can't assume all buildings on old US bases are capable of rehabilitation. Many of these were never intended to be "permanent" structures. Often, they were built very quickly with little expert direction, poor (and sometimes hazardous) materials, and then they were not necessarily well-maintained afterwards. Thus, we can't just slap new paint on the walls and move people in. We do have to be painstaking with the inspections and inventories, and THEN deconstruct and rebuild for the long-term.

@123pangolin 13 күн бұрын

Nice report. If we treated all architecture as historic, protected or listed, we'd have to be more careful about their restoration or re-use. Buildings used be built for the long term. We now throw up buildings designed for 30 years. And, can we please go back to decorating our buildings?

@PageantExpert 2 күн бұрын

This is great & I hope other cities, and eventually other countries will follow & hopefully the entire construction industry would adapt this. Even if not 100%, but it should be implemented in one way or another.. Wishing this project to be a huge success. 👍

@erikolsen6269 15 күн бұрын

This is the future

@davidanalyst671 13 күн бұрын

hopefully men dont carry as many purses as these guy do

@cory8837 15 күн бұрын

Those 8"x8" floor tiles are probably asbestos. A lot of mitigation work before anything can be done. I like that they're keeping some of the buildings.

@jermainec2462 13 күн бұрын

i dont think there that old are they ?

@builtontherockhomestead9390 12 күн бұрын

@jermainec2462 Asbestos was being used when these buildings were built. Asbestos was used until 1989.

@cory8837 12 күн бұрын

@@jermainec2462 Yes, they are unfortunately.

@bald871 9 күн бұрын

@@cory8837no, Its banned in Germany since 1993, So they would have to vacate if azbestos Tiles not removed ...

@DawnDavidson 7 күн бұрын

I am sure they are factoring that in, but yes, that’s a good point. Asbestos was one of the reasons we never removed a particular duct in my old house. It was much safer to leave it in place, and we didn’t have the money to afford the mitigation.

@rosemarymcbride3419 15 күн бұрын

Man I should do this kind of work for a job I love taking things apart 😂

@magesalmanac6424 14 күн бұрын

Yeah this looks like a fun creative challenge! You’re given various limited materials and have to construct a home with it. I like the concept.

@SequoiaElisabeth 15 күн бұрын

This is the beginning of the Money Free Economy, A resource-based economy. As humanity evolves this will naturally fall into place. It's a new Zeitgeist!

@magesalmanac6424 14 күн бұрын

Bring back bartering!

@IllemDaFunk 3 күн бұрын

I grew up on PHV! Heidelberg is such a beautiful and wonderful area. All of Germany is, really. So much nostalgia experienced from this one video. I was even able to recognize the building I lived in! Absolutely wild. I'm glad to see that the Germans are doing something wonderful with the resources left behind by the US. I can't wait to see what they've done when I visit the area.

@DWPlanetA 3 күн бұрын

Hey there! Thanks for sharing your memories! Very glad then that you stumbled upon this video and saw what is happening in your former home :) Cheers ✨

@lostchild2003 5 күн бұрын

The city of Hanau has done an excellent job in converting it's many old US Army military barraks and the housing into apartment complexes and commercial areas.

@MyKharli 15 күн бұрын

Lots of PFAS issues on many bases with fire fighting practices .

@diymco2728 3 күн бұрын

This is awesome!

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@diymco2728 3 күн бұрын

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@user-qs2ge1yb7b 23 сағат бұрын

In Schweinfurt Ledward Barracks was turned into the Technical University Schweinfurt and Aston Manors living quarters were remodeled and sold on the real estate market...

@TrimeshSZ 6 күн бұрын

One problem with this is that a lot of military or ex-military sites are stuffed full of hazmat and it's generally not documented. Stuff like lead based paint, asbestos and wood that's stuffed full of polycyclic aromatic preservatives.

@spencer4732 5 күн бұрын

very interesting!! wonder how this could apply to aging commercial centers here in the U.S. as some cities rezone them to mixed-use

@ronaldannas1935 Күн бұрын

I used to live in PHV as a kid. I attended elementary and middle school there. It is strange hearing someone talking about recycling a place that one lived in.

@DWPlanetA Күн бұрын

Hey there! Thanks for sharing that with us. Yeah, can imagine that it is weird to hear that the place that used to be your home is now recycled and changed. ✨

@jeffbenton6183 13 күн бұрын

Sounds like some of the regulations should change. That bit about the solar panels was unfortunate. It's good that requirements for solar panel efficiency have kept pace with improvements in technology, but perhaps those should only apply to new panels. Those used panels are perfectly good and could be used for a different home or something. Reduce, Reuse, *then* Recycle.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 13 күн бұрын

Exactly this, who does it benefit to destroy panels that work? It's not like it's an old 2 stroke engine that emits harmful pollution just by using it, it's the making, then the destruction of the solar panels that produce pollution, so we might as well use them until they stop working.

@markdaunter 15 күн бұрын

Great idea but no mention of hazardous materials like asbestos.

@kikeb1534 15 күн бұрын

I was thinking just that

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 13 күн бұрын

Asbestos isn't hazardous unless you're working with it, it's not like lead based paint where you have to worry about some kids getting naturally selected. Asbestos was banned in Germany in 1993 but since it's a US military base we banned Asbestos use in 1975 except when properly sealed in cement, etc. A Hospital I worked at STILL uses Asbestos in it's new constructions because it's sealed behind a layer of cement or something that is cement like. Unless you're doing the renovation it's a non-issue, if you are, you will be required to wear safety gear.

@DWPlanetA 12 күн бұрын

Hey Mark! When they document and check all material, they also check for hazardous materials such as asbestos. In some buildings, there was also asbestos and they need to investigate what to do with it.

@mikapeltokorpi7671 13 күн бұрын

In Estonia they tried the same for former Soviet bases. But the Soviet garrison living quarters did not have even rudimentary heating systems.

@paulwatson6013 14 күн бұрын

Stuff like fridges and insulation are a tough one. Fridge could be full of expanding foam. Manufactured 'wood' like chipboard. So interesting to see what they come up with. Many non masonry forms of cladding could present an issue too. Asbestos in the buildings?

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 13 күн бұрын

American fridges use fiberglass or foam board not expanding foam. The idea of something so unshapely as expanding foam is alien I have never heard of anyone using it in a fridge. Insulation if it's fiberglass can easily be recycled, foam less easily can be destroyed in a kiln.

@DWPlanetA 12 күн бұрын

Hey Paul! There was also asbestos found in some buildings and they had to investigate whether these buildings can still be used or not.

@VulcanData84 13 күн бұрын

I hope they use passive housing techniques.

@MostlyPonies1 12 күн бұрын

I thought this video would be about keeping the buildings and renovating them for a new purpose.

@milliedragon4418 14 күн бұрын

I mean to be honest, I kind of think those housing is kind of cute. Anyways, I mean I like the way they're set up. And an angle like that. I mean I would change the facade. Maybe like adding some brick or some stone or something in order to break up the concrete look of it. Maybe some balconies? I mean I'm not too familiar with Germany's culture whether they like balconies or not. There's tons of US military bases all over the world and including in the US that have been abandoned. It would be great to refurbish them. It's quite sad to see no one living in them. It seems like a post-apocalyptic world. This is the kind of urbanism that I want to see more of not tearing down buildings but refurbishing old buildings and reusing the material. A lot of people talk about preserving, but there are other ways to preserve buildings other than just preserving a standing building recycling. The material of the building is a way of preserving and honoring its presents.

@leonardolealahumada8324 4 күн бұрын

excelent

@dorotheaisserstedt9238 12 күн бұрын

Faszinierendes Thema.........

@_gamma. 4 күн бұрын

Fascinating! I wonder if AR/image processing and ✨ algorithms ✨ could help fill out some of these databases, being able to do a walkthrough of a building and get a rough estimate would be cool

@DWPlanetA 3 күн бұрын

Hey there! Yes, that sounds super helpful. There is some recent research in that direction. If you want to dive deeper, you could check out this book chapter: A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age: Artificial Intelligence for Predicting Reuse Patterns link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-39675-5

@_gamma. 3 күн бұрын

@@DWPlanetA chapter 4 - will read sometime, thanks! Deal with a lot of GIS data too so I might peek at other chapters as well 👀

@DWPlanetA 3 күн бұрын

@@_gamma. sounds good!

@munocat 14 күн бұрын

i have that exact fridge and stove

@magesalmanac6424 14 күн бұрын

Does it run well?

@DM-dq1mh 14 күн бұрын

Now that I hear a name for it, I realise I ( as an artist) have being doing it to some extent for years,

@alanjameson8664 13 күн бұрын

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without."

@prieten49 3 күн бұрын

There is such a need for more public housing in Germany. I always thought abandoned military bases would make good low cost housing. I suppose they aren't always ideally located and would need some kind of light rail connection to be really "eco." A look at Google Maps reveals that there is a bus that takes as ittle as 37 minutes to get from there to the Old Town part of Heidelberg.

@09lohengrin 12 күн бұрын

Suuuuuuper!

@istoppedlaughing5225 Күн бұрын

This recycling is not new in my country. We use everything from an old demolished building

@trzop42 10 күн бұрын

Most places also like to renovate existing structures but one of the main issues here is that these buildings have too much square feet for Germans so they want to obviously go through some really cutting edge changes basically to hide that fact. While it's sad to see something change and disappear that was so much part of your life that's the cycle of life and it has to happen. If it's anything like they did at Campbells barracks I'm sure that they'll make the roads wonky and very difficult to travel on and I'm sure the buildings will be made much smaller to fit the requirements of the German population

@the_rubbish_bin 12 күн бұрын

Seems like it would be a lot less complicated to just fix up the buildings that are there. They look solid.

@ravanpee1325 3 күн бұрын

Asbestos

@kostas6621 2 күн бұрын

Wow! I remember when I was usted to go there! Those we're they days. I love Germany!

@DWPlanetA 2 күн бұрын

Hey Kostas! Wow, that is cool. Thanks for sharing ✨

@rinnin 13 күн бұрын

I think it’s a shame how so much useful material & utilities just get dumped in skips when people fancy a new bathroom or kitchen. Meanwhile we’ve a housing shortage & people still living with their parents in their 40s.

@Zindo.Majesty.HisMajesty 13 күн бұрын

I was outside of Hanau

@metrotrujillo 15 күн бұрын

That is the way, great video

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@truenorthjess 14 күн бұрын

In British Columbia Canada many developers are giving away houses for free, all you have to do is move the house to your own lot.

@justinefafard2355 13 күн бұрын

The problem in BC is that the land value is everything- you will need several million $ to purchase even a sliver of land to put that house on, even if the house is given away for free. 😢 but it is a good way to save heritage homes that were well- built. ❤ A lot of newer homes are just being torn down (so wasteful) to make room for new development.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 13 күн бұрын

@@justinefafard2355 Isn't BC relatively choice land up in Canada? My understanding is most things are insanely expensive compared to the US (Must be the free healthcare lmao sorry can't resist I'm jealous so I gotta rip on you), but Nunavut is super cheap especially when you go up north right? Why not move there, build a massive series of greenhouses for not frozen space that's useful and live knowing you'll never need an AC? lol. But I'm an American and it gets hot where I live in the spring-fall, winter /late fall are my favorite seasons. I hope inflation gets better and land becomes more affordable but as our populations keep growing I don't see it.

@nulnoh219 4 күн бұрын

Asbestos. Do remember to check for that.

@DWPlanetA 3 күн бұрын

Hey there! Yes, asbestos is indeed an issue. There was asbestos found in some buildings and they had to investigate which parts of the buildings can still be used.

@matthewbaynham6286 14 күн бұрын

Reuse is better than recycling.

@ravanpee1325 3 күн бұрын

Do you want to live in a house full of asbestos

@paytonturner1421 15 күн бұрын

I like the idea of reusing old materials for new buildings. Also, I wonder if some of those ghost towns can be torn down for planting trees there and other plants to reintroduce more biodiversity.

@Badirseferzade 14 күн бұрын

meanwhile people pay 1500€ rent for garbage apartment in Germany

@dave4882 11 күн бұрын

eliminating options of virgin materials will force builders into using more of the same materials in construction. That will make it easier to reuse the materials, as there will be fewer type to deal with. IE all houses preindustrial, were just wood. No tile, no plaster board, Wooden walls, wooden doors, wooden shingles. Very easy to reuse those materials in other houses. While fire laws may have stopped that, other types of materials, think 3d printed concrete homes could do about the same.

@tiefensucht 11 күн бұрын

Wait, this all looks fine, why even deconstruct it?!

@atenas80525 13 күн бұрын

cost - an inconvenient truth

@jamesbonander 13 күн бұрын

why not just use the building as is?

@tkyap2524 12 күн бұрын

Retrofit for public housing?

@DWPlanetA 12 күн бұрын

Hey there! In the project visited in the video, the focus is on creating affordable housing and the plan was to have 30% social housing.

@anthonytran7566 4 күн бұрын

I am a Section 8 person would like to relocate to Germany !!!!!

@Dimich1993 13 күн бұрын

Where would all those hot dog stands go?

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 13 күн бұрын

Germans love a sausage right? Put them all over Germany. Hotdog is just a crappy sausage, so sale sausages to the germans instead; if they like hotdogs then they can just keep them as originally used.

@SisterSunny 14 күн бұрын

fascinating! I wonder why more cities don't illegalise demolition as a way of reducing embodied carbon in developments

@jermainec2462 13 күн бұрын

keep the fridges and stoves in the houses that silly to get rid of them

@user-dn3pi9zs3e 13 күн бұрын

Do a video of naturist How environmentally friendly

@aryaman05 15 күн бұрын

Thank you.👍

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@paytonpryor 10 күн бұрын

My problem with Military bases is that they look like Commie Blocks.

@ravanpee1325 3 күн бұрын

Commie blocks are a very efficient form of housing...looks better than US suburbia

@rodolfotomarchio410 3 күн бұрын

Urban Mining is a new term for spolia. It has been around for thousands of years. What is old is new again.

@jasenkoh76 9 күн бұрын

They should sell those flats as Roh Bau and save a lot of money and labour! All of those Roh Bau apartments will be sold in less than one month!

@ravanpee1325 3 күн бұрын

Asbestos

@nightshadowend 15 күн бұрын

Why not renovate all of them?

@ravanpee1325 3 күн бұрын

Asbestos

@marioastudillo-fuentes797 6 күн бұрын

its called move people in

@heinpowell3638 9 күн бұрын

They must do the same with old government vehicles all that tyres and everything

@VulcanData84 13 күн бұрын

Let's Recycle The Planet, Enact The Venus Project

@EL.JEFE1231 14 күн бұрын

I'll buy the white stove if they want to ship it for free to the US...lol

@jamman8678 10 күн бұрын

The future is recycle ♻️

@a.b2966 3 күн бұрын

One question why are they demolishing these buildings? They look perfect fine.

@DWPlanetA 3 күн бұрын

Hey there! Yes, there was also criticism and discussion on how many buildings need to be rebuilt instead of being renovated. Some buildings are staying and are renovated. Reasons to rebuild are for example toxic materials or the way the buildings are structured that make it hard to renovate for social/accessible housing.

@firstprototype 10 күн бұрын

All is possible right now but is all about the first investments 😢

@olivermeineke9707 5 күн бұрын

DW: Recycle all materials Reality: Bring in as many immigrants as possible

@Tanneritefilledfido Күн бұрын

Wish this would happen in the USA. The government builds and just abandons buildings to eventually demolish them instead of repurposing them for housing

@mysoneffa2417 15 күн бұрын

Gr8 video Gr8 concept except 1 error: the single glazed windows can be reused in situ 1 of 2 ways. The conductive metal covered with an insulating material then double or triple glazed windows added out board as has been done in Netherlands & Sweden, or disassembled & rebuilt by glazers on site into new double or triple glaze wibdows a la US President's Carter Plan.

@killernat1234 12 күн бұрын

I’m currently renovating my garden, I’ve dug it all up and I’ve found old cobble road bricks, red bricks and paving slabs and I’ve reused them for a path and retaining wall, I’ve also found metals, lots of glass and plastic which I’m going to recycle, it has saved me money but it takes time

@8ballphil150 5 күн бұрын

Urban mining goes back to the stone age .

@bad-dogz 15 күн бұрын

I was watching this video and started laughing because here in the US the native people have been doing this for centuries. I just got back a week ago from tearing down, not demolishing, an entire sub division of about 30 homes. They had been declared abandoned for about 3 years. Out of 30 homes we will be able to almost completely build about 20 homes. Reducing the cost of each home by 60%. That equates to a $150,000 home costing only about $60,000 times 20 homes = $1,200,000 and a savings of $1,800,000. Which means we save more than we spend. Who, in their right mind, would reject that?

@user-fm6ns5nb4j 14 күн бұрын

As they said in the video it's been done in Europe well before the Industrial Revolution - if you look at old churches you'll often find pieces of Roman stone as Roman buildings were "mined" for materials.

@gregorymalchuk272 13 күн бұрын

You'll be selling them for $60,000?

@OffGridInvestor 13 күн бұрын

That completely contradicts what I keep hearing about the US housing industry

@mikemainer3009 13 күн бұрын

I am not doubting what you wrote. But, I have never heard such a "tear down" project being done in the states. You want to share with us where this "tear down" occured?

@bad-dogz 13 күн бұрын

@@OffGridInvestor We are not the housing industry. We do not do this for money. Our people live in some of the most repressed areas of the country. The houses we build for our people would not be possible without the teardowns we do.