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Use circular demolition rules in Taastrup

Use circular demolition rules in Taastrup In Taastrup, circular demolition rules were written so the old city hall would not be smashed by default. The 1980 hall at Bygaden 2 is being kept and turned into homes. That saves more than sorting rubble. What you can do in Taastrup - Walk by Bygaden 2 and see the hall that stayed up (Høje-Taastrup on the old hall) - Ask your council to require a resource map before it sells a building for demolition - Ask for at least 80 percent by weight of clean materials to be reused, recycled, or recovered if a part must come off - Look at the new city hall, which was built with a recycled concrete foundation (CityLoops handbook) - If you pay for a demolition in Denmark, set a reuse aim with the Værdibyg guide before the tender (Værdibyg booklet) How to join The municipality sold the old hall to IKANO with circular conditions. A pre-demolition audit had to map harmful materials and parts worth keeping. Selective demolition applied to parts that could not be used in place. The later plan keeps the hall, about 17,000 square metres, and turns it into about 200 homes, with about 130 townhouses around it. The old heat plant on the grounds is planned as a neighbourhood house of about 200 square metres. The grounds are about 100,000 square metres. Staff left in February 2023 for a new hall at Rådhusstræde 1. This is not an open-house tour. You can see the building from the street. Why it matters in Taastrup Keeping the hall avoids about 20,000 tonnes of new raw material and about 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide compared with knocking it down, according to the CityLoops account. A resident in Copenhagen can reach Høje-Taastrup by suburban rail and see a real case of "do not demolish if the building can still work". Find more community projects in Høje-Taastrup. Good to know - What if some parts still come off? The updated rules still ask for selective demolition of those parts, and they count a structure that stays standing as fully kept in use. - Where is the new hall? It is at Rådhusstræde 1. The photo shows that tower. The old hall is at Bygaden 2.
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See the kept hall: circular demolition Taastrup

See the kept hall: circular demolition Taastrup The old Høje-Taastrup city hall at Bygaden 2 is the place where circular demolition rules changed the plan from a full knock-down to keeping the building. You can see it from the street. What you can do in Taastrup - Walk to Bygaden 2 and look at the 1980 hall from public ground (municipal note) - Compare it with the new hall at Rådhusstræde 1, built with a recycled concrete foundation - Ask a council you vote in to sell its next empty building with a reuse rule, not a default demolition - Read the CityLoops lesson: name the need (homes, workplaces) before you name a demolition How to join There is no public tour in the source. The building stood empty after February 2023, when staff moved to the new hall. IKANO is turning the old hall into homes and adding townhouses on the grounds. A small neighbourhood house is planned in the former heat plant. Stay outside unless the owner publishes a visit. When & where Bygaden 2, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark, by Høje Taastrup village. The new hall is a different building at Rådhusstræde 1. Recurring: the old hall remains a street address you can look at. Works may change access, so check the municipal page. Why it matters in Taastrup The CityLoops account says keeping this hall saves about 20,000 tonnes of raw material and about 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide versus demolition. The sale still carried a rule: if parts must come off, at least 80 percent by weight of the clean material should be reused, recycled, or recovered. A structure that stays up counts as kept. Good to know - Is the hall still there? Yes. The later municipal note says it will be transformed, not razed. About 200 homes are planned in the hall, plus about 130 townhouses. - Can I go inside? Look from the street. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Høje-Taastrup Municipality and the CityLoops handbook. CityLoops received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 programme, grant 821033. Details checked: 2026-09-24.
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