For Mad Arkitekter, an architecture studio founded in Oslo in 1997, the potential of reusing construction waste has been an obsession that led the firm to redesign its own offices with largely upcycled materials in 2021.
The project, referred to by its address at Kristian Augusts Gate 13, boasts nearly 80 percent reused components employed across the refurbished existing office building and an eight-story, 9,200-square-foot addition.
The strategy cut its embodied carbon emissions by 70 percent compared with baseline new construction.