What we fill our buildings with often falls outside both regulatory requirements and carbon accounting. Interiors have high material consumption, short lifespans and still too few incentives for reuse. If nature is truly to come first, we therefore need to change not only individual projects, but also the systems and value chains around them.

How can existing interiors and materials be reused? What economic and regulatory barriers stand in the way? And what needs to change for circular solutions to become the easiest choice?

The Norwegian Association of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL), together with its partners, invites you to a morning seminar exploring the path from current practice towards a more circular value chain. Through short presentations, a reuse hackathon, a presentation of the cross-border project Forest to Chair, and a concluding panel discussion, we will examine what needs to change and attempt to formulate concrete measures that can help move the industry forward.

PROGRAMME

The programme will be moderated by Line Oma, Secretary General of the Norwegian Association of Landscape Architects (NLA).

08:40 – Doors open
Light refreshments

09:00 – Welcome
Fredrik Bull, President, NIL

09:05 – Where do we stand today?
Kirsti Svenning, No. 17 – Sustainability Network for Interior Architecture, circularity advisor and Chair of the Board

Many are already working with circularity, but what could make these processes easier?

09:15 – Working circularly is possible, but can it be made easier?
Reuse hackathon

An idea workshop exploring the economic and regulatory barriers to more circular practices.

Contributors:
Ida Oppen, Designindustrien i Norsk Industri, Head of Professional Affairs and Environment & Quality Manager
Silje Brænde, I-d. Interiørarkitektur og design
Malin Skjelland Eriksen, Romlab
Kristine Aassved Storeide, Deich, reuse consultant
Trond Hamran, Hamran Snekkerverksted
Kristian Notland, Minus

Øyvind Bjørnstad, Vestre, Chief Sustainability Officer

09:50 – Forest to Chair: How can an entire value chain be transformed through one project?
Regine Dyreng, Klosser Innovasjon, Norwegian project owner
Anders Lindgren, project lead on the Swedish side

Presentation of the cross-border Interreg project Forest to Chair.

10:20 – Break

10:30 – How do we create a functioning circular system?

The panel discussion builds on some of the findings from earlier in the day. What can we do to make better use of existing interiors and materials? What can policymakers do?

Participating politicians and professionals:
Sigrid Heiberg (MDG)
Even Eriksen (AP)
Kristine Aassved Storeide, Deich, reuse consultant
Kristine Nore, SirkTRE

11:00 – Closing remarks

Practical information:
Time: 09:00–11:00, doors open at 08:40. You are also welcome to arrive at 08:00 and attend “Today’s Preachment” at Sofienberg Church beforehand.

The event is organised in collaboration between Klosser Innovasjon, the Norwegian Association of Interior Architects and Furniture Designers (NIL), No. 17 – Sustainability Network for Interior Architecture, and Designindustrien i Norsk Industri.