
Building Material Passports
Every building documents itself for future harvest.
POSTED BY @mei · V1 · UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO
The Vision
Demolition is mining without a map. A material passport - filed at permit time, updated at renovation - records what every building contains and how it comes apart: the steel tonnage, the timber grades, the bolt-versus-weld decisions. Fifty years later, the wrecking ball becomes a harvest plan.
Main Features
- 01FILED WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT, UPDATED AT RENOVATION
- 02DESIGN-FOR-DISASSEMBLY RATED AT APPROVAL TIME
- 03CITY-WIDE REGISTRY OF HARVESTABLE MATERIALS
- 04DEMOLITION TENDERS PRICED AGAINST THE PASSPORT
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