The "proteiforme" Meaning of Circularity

Circularity in the construction sector is imbued with four interrelated - and at times surprising - systemic characteristics: “creative” design, the multiscalar nature of its applications combined with multidimensional relationships, and the mastery of the “closed loop” of resources operating within an open and porous system responsive to inputs and outputs. In its institutional definition, the circular economy represents an economic model of production and con­sumption (we prefer the term utilisation) based on sharing, lending, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling materials and products, thereby exten­ding their life cycle.