To ‘change the perception of materials,’ this museum started with its own annex

In Belgium, the building blocks for a new space have been made with yesterday’s construction material. The white brick annex at the newly reopened Design Museum Gent, in Gent, Belgium, is made from locally sourced materials through a process that repurposes construction waste for less energy than firing a typical brick. The Gent Waste Brick, developed by the Brussels-based construction company BC Materials, is made from 63% recycled municipal waste—mostly crushed concrete and constru...