Imagine your community as a material bank, rich with resources to re-use. How could you improve the built environment by upcycling waste, circulating existing materials, or regenerating nature? Your challenge is to design a structure that meets a need in your community now but could also be repurposed later.

“Designing for deconstruction” involves a modular approach in which building elements could be easily reconfigured, reimagined, and repurposed over time.