Clos des Lauriers Roses, Willy Van Der Meeren, 1962, Evere The horizontal bar-shaped houses, conceived to accommodate pensioners by Willy Van Der Meeren (ca. 1962) is currently being renovated. Before the starts of the works, we made a pass to salvage a few o... Brussels Willy Van Der Meeren Oct 25, 2017 0 365 Salvaging by RotorDC
City Hall, Antwerp Our crews have very carefully dismantled materials that have become redundant in the historic Antwerp City Hall prior to the renovation. Large quantities of lighting, carpentry, natural stone, sanitar... Antwerp Doors Lighting Stone Sep 6, 2017 0 513 Salvaging by RotorDC
La Tête de Boeuf, legacy hardware store, ca. 1900-1950, Verviers In 2018 we helped to empty an 18th century timber framed house that was filled to the brim with tons and tons of historical hardware. Nails, rivets, levers, ancient wall plugs, cabinet handles, hand t... Hardware Verviers Aug 29, 2017 0 392 Salvaging by RotorDC
De Ligne, Marcel Lambrichs, 1971, Brussels This iconic hexagonal building is currently under renovation, with respect for the original design. Rotor DC was tasked with removing interior finishings that were apt for reuse but would not find a p... Brussels Marcel Lambrichs Jul 7, 2017 0 599 Salvaging by RotorDC
Nvsm - Unms, Lucien Engels & Eric Lesmere, 1965, Brussels Prior to the 2017 overhaul of the building, Rotor DC was tasked with the removal of the distinctive decorative finishings of the building. Over the course of two weeks, large quantities of hardware, l... Brussels Doors Furniture Hardware Lighting Jun 27, 2017 0 361 Salvaging by RotorDC
RotorDC makes a re-use assesment of the Portland Building, Oregon, USA The Portland Building, alternatively referenced as the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. Designe... Mar 20, 2017 0 620 Partnership
Laminated timber panels made from discarded beams Large beams in laminated timber used in warehouse building often end up being destroyed during demolition. This is because the cost of removing them carefully from a building, plus the cost of transpo... Glulam Jan 6, 2017 0 343 Salvaging by RotorDC
Bâtiment du Genie Civil Val-Benoît, Joseph Moutchen, Liège The Val-Benoît site, currently undergoing reconditioning, houses five former applied-science institutes, built by the Liège University between the 1930’s and 1960’s. Among these stands the ‘Institut d... Joseph Moutchen Liège Tiles Viabuild Mar 18, 2016 0 353 Salvaging by RotorDC
Générale de Banque interiors, Ch. Gevers & J. Wabbes, 1972-1978, Brussels Following the decision to demolish the former headquarters of the ‘Générale de Banque’, BNP-Paribas-Fortis contacted Rotor to coordinate a salvage operation of the iconic corporate interiors by notori... Ceiling Christophe Gevers Doors Hardware Jules Wabbes Stone Mar 18, 2016 0 1188 Salvaging by RotorDC
Re-use consultancy Caserne de Reuilly, Paris Paris Habitat invited RotorDC to assist with the setup of reuse procedures for different phases of this project to convert former military barracks situated near Paris into social housing. We took cha... Paris Mar 18, 2016 0 389 Partnership
Book Tower, Henri Van de Velde (1936), Ghent Belgian architect Henry Van de Velde realised at the end of the 1930s, in Ghent, a vast university complex in modernist style, comprising, among others, a university library holding 3.000.000 books. T... Boekentoren Ghent Henri Van de Velde Mar 17, 2016 0 559 Salvaging by RotorDC
Large salvage operation of fireproof office partitions with Louis De Waele, Bruxelles We are currently preparing a large salvage operation of office partition walls that have become redundant in an administrative building. In total more than 2200 running meter of fireproof (RF30) parti... Louis De Waele May 15, 2015 0 321 Salvaging by RotorDC