EPDM – flexibility and circularity

// Welcome to the new BLACKPRINT DIGITAL - the online architects' magazine from CARLISLE® Construction Materials (CM) Europe!

// First-class products alone are no longer enough to inspire customers. Allen Coldrake, Sales & Technical Director for UK Roofing, talks about how he and his team can create viable and future-proof solutions for architects and specifiers.

// The port city of Rotterdam is known for its bold, often avant-garde architecture. The latest example is the depot building for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Adjacent to the existing building from the 1930s, MVRDV created a 40-meter-high hemisphere with a shimmering mirrored façade and a landscaped light birch forest on the rooftop.

// Yet another spectacular project from MVRDV, the "Valley" new building project, adds a green and human dimension to the Amsterdam office district, Zuidas. The distinct cantilevers of the three towers serve as terraces or for greenery. Both the flat roofs and the accessible green areas have been permanently sealed with RESITRIX® SK W Full Bond EPDM membranes.

// Timber construction has become increasingly popular in recent years. At the same time, other natural building materials such as straw, cork or clay are coming back into focus because they can be composted at the end of their service life and returned to the material cycle according to the cradle-to-cradle principle. This idea was fully realised in the Rammed Earth school pavilion in Falkensee near Berlin in Brandenburg.

// MVRDV's architect Fokke Moerel played a significant role in the planning of the depot's new building. We talked to her about this iconic design.