Sustainable Buildings from Marble Waste Heaps

A New Methodology for Landscape Regeneration and Reuse
2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-72145-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 199 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

This book examines how discarded marble heaps can be repurposed, , to breathe new life into the landscape, offering solutions that are as innovative as they are practical and sustainable. The author showcases the power of creativity and sustainability to revitalize communities and landscapes with new architectural buildings and public spaces. The volume combines theory with practice, including an extensive bibliography about landscape mutation, rehabilitation of quarries and waste reuse, and, at the same time, a detailed case study on the Estremoz Anticline, in Portugal, one of the world’s main sites of marble extraction. Of all the material extracted from the several quarries of the Estremoz Anticline, only about 9%  is marketed because of assessed of quality standards. Distinct from other research volumes in this domain, focuses on the regeneration of industrial landscapes through the on-site reuse of waste heaps, without removing the material from the context it belongs to or changing its morphology, preserving the identity of the place and promoting circular economy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Talento, Katia

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Part 2.- Chapter 2 Landscape Mutation.- Chapter 3 The Rehabilitation of Quarries.- Part 3.- Chapter 4 Waste Reuse from Quarries.- Chapter 5 Case Study Application.- Chapter 6 Conclusions and Future Developments.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Katia Talento is a PhD Architect and Researcher at CERIS Research Centre (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon) and CEO at “Residual Studio” Company in Lisbon, Portugal, focused on sustainable architecture.

Her research and practical experience allowed her to specialize in sustainability, circular economy, and digital economy. She worked at many architectural firms, in Italy and Portugal; She has participated as a speaker at many architectural conferences and seminars in Europe; She is a sustainability and circular economy consultant for the private and public sector, and she also won an honorable mention in the , promoted by the Portuguese Architects Association and the Environmental Fund.