From Empty Buildings to Community Homes: A Pilot Model for Adaptive Reuse as Social Housing
Orms prioritised reuseFrom Empty Buildings to Community Homes: A Pilot Model for Adaptive Reuse as Social Housing Converting underused historic and heritage buildings into permanent affordable housing. Starting with Canute’s Palace (Grade I listed warehouse, Southampton), this pilot demonstrates how adaptive reuse — whether heritage, industrial, or commercial buildings — can prevent demolition, reduce waste, and […]
Orms’ Home from Home: A retrofit-first fit-out, from first principles to product passports
Orms prioritised reuse and design for disassembly through thoughtful collaboration in our retrofit first office fit-out, while also demonstrating reuse doesn’t have to look ‘recycled’. Commit Orms seeks to develop sustainable architecture that responds to historic and cultural contexts.We are honoured to be signatories of the pledge, reinforcing our commitment to best practice in terms of circularity […]
Trailblazing Steel Reuse
Material reuse is central to circularity in construction, but commercial viability often presents an obstacle. Commit Our commitment to Circularity in Practice is the ultimate fit for our ethos: carbon-driven engineering with positive commercial outcomes. Through engaging early with the client, our team could develop their idea into action. A small project that had a […]
Proactive Preservation through Circular Initiatives
Communication and planning are key to identifying opportunities and turning them into a sustainable reality. At South Molton, the ambitious retrofit project had even more ambitious sustainability goals – a relationship-led partnership with Grosvenor meant reusability capitalised on its potential. Commit Circularity is a reflex – it drives our work on complex London projects, showcasing […]
Circularity by Design
After making our Circularity in Practice commitment, The Acre – a ‘retrofirst’ transformation of a 240,000m3 icon in London’s West End allowed circular economy principles in engineering to take centre stage. With goals to become a sustainable mixed-used space, circularity was designed into the scheme from its foundations. Commit Being invited to participate in the […]
Returning office furniture to new condition for multiple lives
Rype Office creates beautiful offices with remanufactured furniture and gives unwanted furniture further lives – saving money, resources, carbon emissions, and waste. Commit Rype Office signed the pledge as soon as we learned about it because the Circular Economy saves money, natural resources, carbon emissions and waste. We hope the pledge initiative will help to […]
SUEZ, in partnership with the GMCA, developed the largest reuse facility.
The Renew Hub is a pioneering initiative designed to tackle waste, reduce consumption, and keep materials in use by repairing, refurbishing, and reselling items that would otherwise go to waste. Commit SUEZ was one of the first signatories of the pledge having long been committed to re-use and repair, not just because it’s part of […]
Establishing a new re-use partnership for old IT and phones
After making our own Circulatory commitment the BCC forged a new partnership with charity Little Lives, and now all our old electronic equipment will be available for reuse by disadvantaged young people in London. Commit We are fortunate that His Majesty The King is a Patron on the British Chambers of Commerce and were honoured […]