With: Netzwerk DieNachwachsendeStadt

The Building Cycle InfoHub was designed and realised by a group of 40 students as part of a DesignBuild Project from the Natural Building Lab at the University of Technology, Berlin. In cooperation with the research project RE4, a circular building from waste materials was realised, offering an answer to questions of resource-positive construction in an urban context, and embodying a new method of architectural production for a post-consumer society.

The roof structure is formed from a pre-stressed grid of layered and interlocking, re-used timber beams, while the wall elements utilise a system of up-cycled cardboard boxes and posters designed to last for at least one year.

The InfoHub will be used by all of the diverse actors active on the Vollgut site in Berlin-Neukölln, showcasing up-to-date information about the current processes and planning on the site. The project should provide a place for actors from different groups to network with each other and the neighbourhood. Furthermore, the site is a public place for encounters and discussion. It is hoped that this cross-pollination will be a driver for new concepts and ideas for the site as a whole. During the festival, the InfoHub will be permanently open, housing an exhibition about circular construction and the history of the project.