Let's talk about waste - because the construction industry is broken.

In the UK, construction creates 59% of all waste. More than four times that of households. This isn’t a recycling problem - it’s a design problem. Reuse Flat proves another way is possible. Instead of demolishing and dumping, we designed for reuse. A new interior lining upgrades airtightness and thermal comfort while transforming the space - built from reclaimed wood, cotton insulation made from recycled jeans, and assembled with no glue. Every fixing is reversible. Every material has a future. Nothing was treated as waste. Bricks, concrete and timber became a living gabion garden wall. The old floor became wall lining. Windows became a glazed partition. The granite worktop was re-polished and reused.

Power and lighting are surface-mounted, exposed and honest - designed to be removed, reused and reconfigured. The results? Airtightness meets new-build standards. Thermal performance is 30% better than regulations. From 20m³ of “waste” (250 bin bags): • 43% reused on site • Almost everything else recycled • Just 3 bin bags sent to landfill. In construction: • 22% of materials came from the existing building • 57% came from reused sources. The finished flat is a material bank. 89% of materials can be reused, 10% recycled, only 1% waste.

Design for disassembly. Design for reuse. Design like resources matter. Get in touch if you want to make a difference in your design or construction work.