For the last episode of this season, our guest is Margaux Lespagnard. Margaux is a PhD researcher at VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - in architectural engineering. In her research, she aims to develop circular design guidance for architects when designing circular affordable housing. She does this under supervision of engineer-architects Niels De Temmerman and Waldo Galle. Her research obviously leans very closely to what we want to achieve at Bao Living, so we thought it would be interesting to have a conversation with her about this. 

For more information about Margaux, please visit https://www.vub.be/arch/people/margaux-lespagnard.

 

Show notes: 

About Margaux 

Architectural engineering @ VUB 

Building a circular economy: Design qualities to guide and inspire building designers and clients (VUB)

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McKinsey: The next normal in construction 

Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economy

Roman Krznaric – The Good Ancestor 

 

Time stamps: 

00:00 Intro

02:40 Affordability

15:25 Circular construction

20:10 Goal of the research

31:20 Main breakthroughs so far

42:30 Translation of the outcome of the PhD to reality

47:40 Goals after the PhD

50:00 Outro