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Salvaging by RotorDC

Emery & Cie

Wow! We’re so happy to have received the tiles from Agnès Emery’s workshop in her Brussels house, where she practised her own tile-handpainting technique! “I paint the tiles by hand alone, as it’s [.....

Emery Tiles

Feb 21, 2026

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Generale Bank’s HQ, Brussels

Some of the finest pieces from the Generale Bank’s HQ are returning to us after 10 years! This massive building was constructed on the Warandeberg in Brussels between 1968 and 1979. To describe the in...

Brussels Ceiling Doors Generale de Banque HQ Hardware

Aug 20, 2025

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Second step - Windows from CBR Building by Constantin Brodzki and Marcel Lambrichs (ca. 1970)

In the mid-1960s, most cement producers in Belgium merged to form the CBR Group (Cimenteries et Briqueteries Réunies). When the decision was made to build a headquarters for the new entity, one thing ...

Brussels CBR Constantin Brodzki

Jul 23, 2025

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Gymnasium panel in 3-ply with a maple top layer, Laakdaal

We had the opportunity to reclaim another gymnasium floor – this time in Laakdal. Our team used the same method as before, coming equipped with circular saws to divide the floor into rectangular panel...

Gymnasium Wood

Jul 7, 2025

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End grain parquet in afzelia wood from the former printing house of the Belgian National Bank, Brussels

Every single Belgian banknote issued between 1952 and 2020 has been printed above this floor! End grain parquet (kopshout / bois debout) is a type of flooring made up of wooden tiles cut perpendicular...

BNB Brussels Flooring Wood

Apr 30, 2025

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Solid beech floor from a former sports hall, Geraardsbergen

It turned out to be quite tricky to dismantle this solid beech floor of a former sports hall in Geraardsbergen board by board. Instead, we took our circular saw with a few spare blades and cut it into...

Geraardsbergen Gymnasium Wood

Apr 23, 2025

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Furniture from the Muntpunt library, by B-architecten , Brussels

Muntpunt is an epic reconversion of a curiously located office building from the 1970s. With slab-to-slab ceiling heights of only 251 cm, no one thought this building would escape total demolition. Du...

B-Architecten Brussels Furniture Muntpunt

Apr 11, 2025

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Materials from Opwijk monastery

Just in : monumental doors and cabinets from the monastery of Opwijk! Built in several phases between 1904 and 1947, the building subtly combines the techniques and tastes of five successive decades. ...

Doors Furniture Opwijk

Apr 2, 2025

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Glued laminated timber salvaged from the former 'BOMACO' warehouses, Relegem

Here's a surprise we've been preparing for a while. Last summer, we salvaged over 80 cubic metres of glued laminated timber from the roof structure of one of the former 'BOMACO' warehouses in Zellik, ...

Glulam Relegem Wood

Mar 5, 2025

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Materials from the former convent in the Ronsaardbekestraat, Bruges

The former convent in the Ronsaardbekestraat in Bruges is currently being transformed by the non-profit organisation Oranje vzw into a 12-unit inclusive cohousing. It will accomodate people with speci...

Bruges Doors Sanitary Tiles

Dec 30, 2024

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Furniture from the former Court of Appeal & Labour, Antwerp

We’re recovering furniture from the former Court of Appeal & Labour in Antwerp. Designed by Belgian architects Marc Appel and Jan Welslau in 1973, the building was originally intended to be a temporar...

Antwerp Benches Court of Appeal Furniture

Nov 14, 2024

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Douglas fir planks from the George Henri Playground designed by Suede 36

Playground time! Gulliver keeps a watchful eye as we dismantle a maze of wooden fortifications, releasing piles of colorful Douglas fir decking. The playground of the Georges Henri park in Woluwé-Sain...

Brussels Suede 36 Wood

Oct 22, 2024

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About us

RotorDC is a cooperative that organises the reuse of construction materials. We dismantle, process and trade salvaged building components with a focus on finishing materials, such as hardware, doors, flooring, furniture and lighting fixtures.

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AG Campus BNB Belgacom Boekentoren Borgerstein CBR CCN Carsid Court of Appeal Durobor Generale de Banque HQ Magasin 4 Milcamps Multi Tower Muntpunt North Station Point Culture Realco Solvay ULB WTC

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Antwerp Braine Le Chateau Bruges Brussels Charleroi Geraardsbergen Ghent Italy Lanaken Leuven Liège Maastricht Opwijk Paris Reims Relegem Roubaix Sint-Katelijne Waver Soignies Turnhout Verviers Westerlo

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51N4E Atelier Dehaene Seynaeve Atelier Valor Auxau B-Architecten BC Materials Batiik Studio Central Christophe Gevers Constantin Brodzki De Coene Design with Sense EVR Architects Emery Fabrik Florence Knoll Générale Henri Van de Velde Het Kantoor Van Mogen Hylé Java Architects Joseph Moutchen Jules Wabbes LambrechtsMullervanderSchans Mamout Marcel Lambrichs Nathalie De Leeuw Odile Decq Onbetaalbaar RDTA Studio Ralph Cleeremans Rotor Asbl RotorDC Stand Van Zaken Studio Caprotti Suede 36 Table Talk Theo Boosten Willy Van Der Meeren

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Acier Corten Benches Ceiling Clay Cobblestone Doors Flooring Furniture Glulam Gymnasium Hardware Lighting Maintenance Sanitary Shelve Stone Terrazzo Tiles Val Saint-Lambert Vetisol Wood

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Becircular Bomarbre Cenergie Conix RBDM Cordeel De Groote NV De Meuter Democo Feder Innoviris Louis De Waele Sonian Trane Viabuild Whitewood