Material Reuse: The future of York’s brick architecture Part 2 Project 2025 Matthew Manton Lancaster University | UK The project is a research and development centre in York that explores the future of the brick. It focuses on the reuse/recycling/remanufacturing of existing material and demolition waste to create new architecture that has low embodied carbon. In 2019 York declared a climate emergency and subsequently set an ambition for achieving a net-zero carbon city by 2030. Being largely constructed of brick, the city of York is the ideal location for exploring the future of the material.Within the project the reuse of brick ranges from construction with reused bricks through to innovative façade designs made with recycled brick aggregate. These are made possible by developing what materials like the clay brick want to be and can be when broken down and remanufactured, utilising modern digital design and manufacturing technologies and processes.The building design enables assembly and disassembly around a strong and durable structural system. This facilitates adaptive facades and building use enabling the research conducted within the building to constantly inform and change the internal spaces and exterior envelope. The building programme provides space for collaboration with the public and locals. The collaboration results in bricks which are displayed and integrated into the adaptive facades of the project. Tutor(s) Ana Costa