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From careful dismantling to freshly milled panels

Glued laminated beams are essential structural elements in contemporary architecture. Made up of layers of wood glued together, this material was developed from the beginning of the 20th on to expand ...

Glulam Wood

Apr 19, 2024

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Project & Design

REALCO Cafetaria

In January 2020, the buildings of Realco , a company specialising in enzyme-based cleaning products, burned down. The offices were spared, but the entire production hall went up in smoke. Reconstructi...

Glulam Realco Rotor Asbl Tiles Vetisol

Jun 6, 2023

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Inspiration

Nuvola - A new line of shelving system for reclaimed terrazzo

New in our shop! Side shelves ‘Nuvola’ and 'Donato' in white terrazzo ‘Vetisol Cristo’ with aluminium mounting system. We aim to research systems to add value to large batches of terrazzo pieces damag...

RotorDC Shelve Vetisol

Oct 1, 2022

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Project & Design

Wooden moulds from Durobor, Soignies

We acquired the content of the former wood workshop at the bankrupt Durobor plant in Soignies (Hainaut). In it we found thousands of moulds presumably used for the fabrication of machine parts for the...

Durobor Soignies

Feb 8, 2022

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Materials from a house of a stonemason, Braine Le Chateau, ca. 1930

We don't know much about this house in Braine Le Chateau, except that it will undergo an important transformation, and that it used to belong to a stonemason. The pictures we received of the owners we...

Braine Le Chateau Stone

Feb 3, 2022

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

The CBR building is an icon of post war modernity in Belgium. Unlike many other buildings that end up on our website, this one is not under threat of demolition! In fact, a few years ago it was beauti...

Brussels CBR Constantin Brodzki

Dec 9, 2021

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Lighting fixtures from National Park Hotel (Bormio/ Valtellina) by Valcepina and Grossi (ca. 1980)

The National Park Hotel was situated in Bormio (Valtellina) in the hart of the Italian Alps. The building and its furnishings were designed by local architects Valcepina and Grossi in the 1980ies. The...

Italy Lighting

Dec 4, 2021

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Ramenbar 'Astro Boy' by Onbetaalbaar, Ghent

Onbetaalbaar designed the interior for ramenbar Astro Boy .You'll notice our Sangoku hanging lights above the counter (sold out), and an ingenious adaptation of our Jacqueline hanging lights that were...

Ghent Onbetaalbaar

Aug 25, 2021

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Inspiration

Wood from a bankrupt door manufacturer

For some time now, we've had the desire to add a wood department to our shop. A previous attempt 5 years ago had failed; we had tried selling relatively small and heterogenous batches and perhaps hadn...

Wood

Nov 4, 2020

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Maintenance workshop at HF4 - Carsid, Charleroi

The plant at Marchienne-au-Pont operated for over 100 years.In 2007 the blast furnace No.4 was restarted after a 3 month refurbishment process. But in November 2008 itwas stopped due to low economic d...

Carsid Charleroi

Aug 15, 2020

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Villa 'Kavel 19' by Theo Boosten (1975), Maastricht

Situated just outside Maastricht, the villa was originally intended by the architect to become his own house but due to circumstances he never lived there. Despite being incredible well preserved, aft...

Maastricht Theo Boosten

Aug 10, 2020

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Belgacom, Rue Lebeau, Brussels

The Lebeau building fills the entire block between the Royal library, Rue Paille and Rue Lebeau. It is scheduled for total demolition, with the exception of the former 'Hotel Telephonique' that will b...

Belgacom Brussels

May 27, 2020

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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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