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In the region of Zuid Holland, there are already multiple ongoing experimental developments showing the aproaches to tackling the problem of circular construction and demoliton cycles. We identified two dominating aproaches, which we we illustrate with examples of Green Village laboratory in TU Delft and Hof van Cartesius community village in Utrecht. There is a fundamental gap between these developments. On one side a project, where a private market actor funded by large capital builds a research project on its own private land. The project cannot actually bring any benefit to its users, since it serves no inhabitants, and it only serves to further accumulate knowledge on the campus. On the other hand, there is a grassroot community project inc ooperation with municipality, that manages to actualy development bringing value to its surrounding, despite the lack of knowledge and resources. Bridging this gap between the private and public sector as well as knowledge and users is essential to bringing systematic transition towards a circularity that is accessible to everyone.

Figure 2.33| Vision plan for Delft Green village, source: www.tudelft.nl, 2020

Figure 2.34| Vision plan for Delft Green village, source: www.tudelft.nl, 2020

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