Campina Commons was developed during Dutch Design Week 2018 as part of a short competition workshop for the circular transformation of the former Campina factory site. The workshop asked how materials released through partial demolition could become the starting point for the new public space, rather than disappearing from the site.

In three days, Bygg proposed a strategy that reused steel structures from the former factory to create a new elevated layer of circulation. These structures would become platforms suspended above the ground, adding a second public level to the development and giving the reused material a visible role in the future identity of the area.

The platforms were organised along four programmatic axes: hospitality, leisure, urban farming and urban sports. Together, they formed a framework for activity, encounter and experimentation, transforming leftover industrial elements into places for public use.

Before being installed permanently on the Campina site, Bygg proposed scattering the platforms throughout Eindhoven. In this way, the project would not only test different uses, but also involve neighbourhoods and communities in the transformation process. The reused structures would temporarily appear across the city as ambassadors of the future development.

The proposal questioned material flows, public space and community engagement. Campina Commons became a compact study in how circularity can be made visible, social and spatial.


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