RE: Construction is a AA Landscape Urbanism MArch Design Thesis by Bradley Nissen. The rapid economic growth necessitated by capitalism has translated into increasing material extraction across the globe to fulfil the demands of urban development. With the construction industry responsible for a significant share of CO2 emissions as well as numerous other environmental and social externalities, the problem of increasing material extraction must be addressed. Developing a more circular construction economy entails prioritizing maintenance and reuse of existing structures and their components while better enabling reuse through policy initiatives and community-focused developments. Through the lens of existing buildings and alternative ownership models in Liverpool, this project investigates methods for collecting material data of new and existing structures to better facilitate the creation of a more robust material reuse network
