‘Karel’ is a downlighter made at a large wood workshop on the outskirts of Brussels from their own cutting waste and leftover boards . The computer controlled table saw automatically...
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In the summer of 2018, we stumbled on a large collection of glass chandelier parts. Globes, domes, and decorated lampoons in a large variety of colours and sizes, More than...
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This week, deconstruction works have started on the Multi Tower, (formerly known as the Phillips Tower) in downtown Brussels. Whitewood, the developer in charge of the redevelopment of this 1969...
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From 10 September 2018, our opening hours will change. We are still open every weekday from 9AM tot 6PM, but on Thursdays we're open till 19.30h. Occasionally, we'll propose small workshops...
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Complimentary to our range of deconstructed wood products, we teamed up with Galtane to add a range of low impact surface treatment products to our shop. Galtane makes use of...
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A series of high quality materials from this iconic 1990s corporate building are currently being dismantled. These include large quantities of teak wood terras flooring (never exposed), marble claddings, decorative...
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New project by Mamout and Auxau makes extensive use of reclaimed materials. The project highlights the heritage of this typical Brussels “Maison de Maître” while radically changing the...
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Our lampoons are made from dead stock and mid century chandeliers that are beyond repair. The glass is anywhere between 100 and 50 years old, but the fittings and cable...
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Strappy is a wall mounted bookshelf made from discarded boards. The shelves are made solely from boards that would otherwise have been wasted. We source these materials in to be...
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Mismatched presents are painful for everyone involved, and they rarely do good for the environment. That’s why we decided to launch our new system of gift cards. Sending a card is very simple: you can freely choose the amount, add…
Design for disassembly is one thing, but how can one make sure that building components will also effectively be reused over and over? An interesting conversation with Frank Heinlein (Werner...
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Build for the Vlaamse Gemeenschap and opened in 1990, the Boudewijn Building (also referred to as "Noord Building" or "The Slope") is scheduled for total demolition. We have salvaged large...
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From now on, all items below 30kg can be shipped to 14 European countries. This includes our offers in hardware, lights, and sanitary equipment. Our international shipping rates vary between 8 and 20€, depending of the destination and weight of the…
What kind of house has 13 bathrooms with chromed brass and gold plated accessories? A Swiss mansion off course! In the course of the following days we will upload magnificent...
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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...
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W’re hiring a sales person for our shop in Anderlecht (speaking french & dutch). Description below. In het kader van de verdere ontwikkeling van zijn activiteiten, zoekt Rotor DC een nieuwe medewerker verantwoordelijk voor verkoop. Dans le cadre du développement…
Our crews have carefully dismantled materials that have become redundant in the historic Antwerp City Hall prior to the renovation. Large quantities of lighting, carpentry, natural stone, sanitary equipment and...
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We received several thousand square meters of oak floorboards that was originally installed in a factory just across the French border. SOLD OUT
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, anciens wall...
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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...
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Update 29/10/2017: This offer is no longer available 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) partitions,…
Rotor DC is open every weekday from 9AM to 6 PM. You can find us at Rue Previnaire 58, 1070 Anderlecht. Want to sell or donate materials? Always send us a few images first, and wait for confirmation. Either mail to…
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. Designed by Michael Graves, it opened in 1982. It is considered by many…
On January 19th, during the ceremony organised at Bozar in Brussels, Rotor DC received two prices for it’s work in 2016. First the jury rewarded the project in the category Ecodesign, a price sponsored by OVAM, the administration for waste…
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 transport for these large elements is often lower…
Appointed by real estate company Besix Red, we investigated the possibility of reusing more than 4.400 sqm of raised technical floor panels. The case was the renovation of a large office building in Luxemburg. The business as usual scenario planned to…
Starting from January 2017, Rotor DC accepts materials in consignment We have noticed that more and more ‘conventional’ contractors and entrepreneurs are interested in getting involved in the trade of second hand materials. Even though there are a number of…
Rotor DC, and more in particular our deconstruction service in Belgium, is explained in this 2.30 min video. The video was produced as part of our nomination for the Ecodesign Award by OVAM, the waste administration of the Flemish Region.
View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger The Val-Benoît site, currently undergoing reconditioning,...
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View Larger View Larger 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...
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In the office rental sector, it is customary to refurbish interiors every time there is a change of tenant. Elements such as glazed modular walls, doors, in-built lighting fixtures, sanitary equipments etc., are usually evacuated using destructive methods, despite the…
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...
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View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger View Larger Belgian architect Henry Van...
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The biannual Maaskant Prize, chosen by a different panel of three judges every time, alternates with its namesake ‘older’ sibling (which is awarded to a more established architect every other year). In 2015, the jury was looking for a ‘talent…
The ceremony was held at Village Underground in Shoreditch, London, Thursday 22nd October 2015. The judges for the event included Rosario Hurtado and Roberto Feo of El Ultimo Grito; Thomas Heatherwick of his eponymous studio; Lyndon Neri of Neri &…
Rotor is one of five winners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2015. The City of Architecture and Heritage initiated this international award to stimulate debate on sustainable architecture. Each year, an international scientific committee selects five architects for…
During our salvage operations, we sometimes encounter items that cannot be resold directly on-site, but still are worthy of being dismantled and kept in storage after we leave the construction site. That way, we leave even less stuff behind. For these…