📋 Tender Overview
The green belt between the city highway N281 Antwerpseweg and the residential boulevard In de Cramer in Heerlen is the place where the Green Transformable Building GTB Lab will be built. The permits have been arranged and construction will really start today on Tuesday 22 June with the unveiling of a construction sign.Buildings that are built dynamically and flexibly from reusable materials have an important boosting function in the transition to a circular economy. In circular construction no stone no screw is thrown away. With this construction approach buildings are no longer consumption machines for raw materials and waste heaps of the future but rather storage places for valuable building materials says the creator of the GTB lab architect Elma Durmisevic.A different lab every yearThe GTB Lab always looks different it is transformed every year using only second-hand building materials supplied by companies from the construction and industry. In this way circular construction methods are developed tested and demonstrated. For example it is an innovative showcase and tangible example for circular construction and waste-free construction where the credo applies demolition waste is a design flaw. In addition the Lab shares knowledge and solutions via a virtual knowledge base for circular construction. This knowledge base is accessible to everyone and contains valuable information for municipalities corporations and other parties involved in the restructuring operation of Parkstad in which smart and future-proof construction play an important role.Meeting placeThe GTB Lab will also become an information and meeting place about circular construction a showcase for innovation in construction where scientific insights and social requirements and wishes come together. For example a connection is made with the companies on the Woonboulevard to make consumers more aware of the possibilities of sustainability measures. In addition the GTB Lab will provide advice for projects with a circular ambition in particular to deconstruction companies the construction industry designers and owners of buildings.Joint effortThe Green Transformable Building Lab is financed by various partners from construction and industry IBA Parkstad Limburg the Province of Limburg the City Region the Municipality of Heerlen and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
