Client: City of Heidelberg
Project duration: Since November 2021
Completion: Ongoing
Heidelberg aims to become a Circular City. In the pilot project Patrick-Henry-Village, the city seeks to apply urban mining principles to existing building stock. The starting point was established using the Urban Mining Screener developed by EPEA and the Madaster building database.
In Heidelberg, the former Patrick-Henry Village, a US residential settlement from the 1950s that has reached the end of its service life, is being transformed into a pilot project for circular construction and urban mining. The goal is to reuse as many materials as possible from more than 300 existing buildings. Digital tools such as EPEA's Urban Mining Screener and the Madaster building database support the analysis of material compositions and the assessment of reuse potential.
The project supports Heidelberg’s Circular City strategy and demonstrates potential environmental and economic benefits, including reduced demolition costs and improved future availability of materials. Patrick-Henry-Village could therefore become a model for future-oriented construction and urban development in other cities.
