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.
