German architect Hervé Biele's first built project takes advantage of the country's housing surplus in old plattenbauen, or "slab houses", by breaking down the towers into smaller units, and recycling the prefabricated concrete panels into rehumanized modular housing. This approach to industrial reuse has raised lots of interest in Germany, and the project has launched the opening of his firm, Conclus. | Guardian | more reading | video |Das recycelte Haus 
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I cant decide whether this is a good idea or not .. but no doubt this is wild!
come on, ya know you love it!
and here's another take on concrete prefab (via inhabitat): GRANCRETE
see pics of the whole process
I do love it, I just read and responded to Bryan's entry on BldgBlog from way back in 2005. I linked to a project that I designed in upsate NY that employs reused sidewalk slabs as stormwater weir "follies". The potential for reuse of concrete slabs is great, and even greater in small landscape structures where lower strength, potentially cracked, or otherwise structurally deficient pieces of concrete would still work.
I'd like to see Conclus build a house that reveals the source somehow - (like leaving the wallpaper, hah!).
see: http://www.tobiahhorton.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16188315@N08/
http://www.superuse.org/story.php?title=Reuse-Sidewalk-Concrete-1
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