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Marc van den Berg develops circular urban mining futures. His research line uncovers innovative (de)construction practices that enable reuse, now and in the future. He thereby rethinks the existing built environment as an urban mine where waste becomes a resource. His research explores the profound implications for managing such resource flows; from the information needs of demolition contractors to the challenges that designers face in applying circularity. Marc likes collaborating with a wide range of parties along the reverse value chain to develop actionable circularity transition pathways for tomorrow.

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Publications

2024

Circular (de)construction matchmaking: A matter of space and time (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Yu, Y., van den Berg, M. & Yazan, D. M.https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13503Digital technology use cases for deconstruction and reverse logisticsIn A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age (pp. 197-212). Springer Nature. van den Berg, M. C.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39675-5_11Navigating value conflicts for scaling innovations: A conceptual contribution to Strategic Niche Management. Vadacca, L., Coenen, T. & van den Berg, M. C.

2023

Decision-support for selecting demolition waste management strategies, 883-901. van den Berg, M., Hulsbeek, L. & Voordijk, H.https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.318BIM-based circularity assessments across project phasesIn 39th Annual ARCOM Conference 2023, Leeds, United Kingdom (pp. 318-327). Jiang, L., van den Berg, M. C., Voordijk, H. & Adriaanse, A. A.How Circular Construction Ecosystems Grow: An Agent-Based Matchmaking Model, 388-397. Yu, Y., van den Berg, M. C. & Yazan, D. M.Stakeholder perceptions on implementing design for disassembly and standardisation for heterogeneous construction components, 1372-1381. Anastasiades, K., Dockx, J., van den Berg, M., Rinke, M., Blom, J. & Audenaert, A.https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X231154140Circularity information platform for the built environment, Article 104933. Yu, Y., Yazan, D. M., van den Berg, M. C., Firdausy, D., Junjan, V. & Iacob, M. E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104933Circularity assessment in a BIM environment. University of Twente. Jiang, L.

2022

Design science research in construction: On balancing acts, design artefacts and Ripple effects. van den Berg, M. C. & olde Scholtenhuis, L. L.

Other contributions

Platform CB'23 (2023). "Leidraad circulair ontwerpen: Werkafspraken voor een circulaire bouw." from Leidraad_Circulair-ontwerpen_2-0.pdf (platformcb23.nl)

Research profiles

My (Bachelor and Master) courses are about designing circular civil engineering systems.

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

Active participant in leading circular construction research and industry networks, such as the 4TU Circularity and Sustainability Domain Acceleration Team.

Current projects

Fieldlabs@Scale: Towards effective collaborative experimentation for mission-driven innovation

2023-2028

Fieldlabs are emerging as a promising approach to mission-driven innovation. They bring together regional stakeholders—including business and knowledge institutes—to collaboratively experiment with solutions for societal challenges. Their effectiveness remains mixed as they face problems in scaling such innovative solutions in business ecosystems. Involving a broad, interdisciplinary consortium, Fieldlabs@Scale studies fieldlabs in agriculture, healthcare, infrastructure, and smart industry. We develop new theories on mechanisms for collaborative experimentation and co-create a toolkit and Fieldlab Academy programmes alongside policymakers, regional network organisations, and fieldlab participants in our consortium, to support fieldlabs in accelerating mission-driven innovation and generate economic and societal value.

PACER (Collaborative, Digitalized and Integral Processes to Achieve Circular and Emission-Free Renovation)

2023-2028

Renovation projects are complex and multi-objective design challenges, that are characterized by intensive decision-making and organizational activities concerning a building’s future. Such projects uniquely connect a variety of otherwise fragmented disciplines. Crucial for fostering more circular renovation practices with lower emissions is the availability of accurate, timely and concise information on supply chains and material flows and optimal design strategies which take into account multiple perspectives of value creation from different stakeholders. This is what PACER (Collaborative, Digitized and Integral Processes to Achieve Circular and Emission-Free Renovation) will provide by developing collaborative, digitized and integral processes and tools and legal and economic frameworks to achieve circular and emission free renovation practices.

In the press

'digiGO maakt aannemers 'slimmer en sneller'' on aannemervak.nl, September 14, 2022 (Dutch)

'Een gebouw is geen wegwerpproduct' on NPO Radio 1, September 7, 2019 (Dutch)

'Circulair is nog zó'n abstract begrip. Geef bouwers handvatten' in Cobouw July 16, 2019 (Dutch)

News on utwente.nl

'Breakthrough to circular and emission-free building' on utwente.nl (December 12, 2023)

'Marc van den Berg (ET) wins Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award' on utwente.nl (October 14, 2020)

'UT provides tools for circular demolition and design of buildings' on utwente.nl (June 5, 2019)

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room Z224
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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