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Architecture | Sustainability | Entrepreneur
Césare Peeren
Césare Peeren is a passionate architect, entrepreneur and idealist on a mission to transform current human culture into a more resourceful and sustainable one. He designed and built his projects with waste materials, finding innovative ways to use solar energy and nature.
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About Césare Peeren
Césare is a passionate architect, entrepreneur and idealist on a mission to transform current human culture into a more resourceful and sustainable one. In 1996 and starting with the observation that in nature the outputs of one system are not waste, but rather the inputs for another system, Césare architectural graduation project incorporated many themes and concepts now termed ‘sustainable’ and ‘circular design’.
Shortly thereafter, in 1997, he and Jan Jongert founded ‘2012Architecten’ (now ‘Superuse Studios’) with the vision to further develop and realise those themes. Superuse Studios are now recognised pioneers in waste architecture and circular design and remain frontrunners pushing the envelope. Their many realised designs are unique and have become icons of waste design/passive architecture.
From their beginnings investigating and experimenting with the creative re-use potentials of discarded materials for design and architectural purposes Cesare and Jan and their growing team went on to develop concepts and processes such as ‘superuse’, ‘harvest mapping’, ‘recyclicity’ and ‘cyclifying’. The aim being to smooth the pathway for optimal (re)use and repurposing in architecture of not only physical waste materials, but all discarded and under-utilised resource and energy outputs within a design system. They now work with 14 frequently wasted or underutilised resource flows including: materials, food, water, people, heat, sound, knowledge, money, and culture.
From the outset Césare has been integral in all aspects of the work, as idealist, visionary, designer, builder, teacher and managing-director. In 2016 Césare withdrew from management functions to allow more time to fully focus on designing integrated sustainable architecture; architecture in which Césare can apply and integrate the many themes he has been investigating and developing over the last 20 years: re-use/superuse, circular design, lightness, passive energy, passive ventilation, community living and urban agriculture. Although he has applied many of these in separate projects over his first 19 years at Superuse Studios, his intention now is to integrate as many as possible within each given project. Superuse Studio Cesare Peeren is the mobile laboratory of Superuse Studios that is developing the ideas in practice and generally works onsite. In project he is developing knowledge that he is readily sharing on a diversity of platforms.
Césare is co-founder of Superuse Studios, recognised pioneers in waste architecture and circular design, and that remain frontrunners pushing the envelope. Many of his realised designs are unique and have become icons of waste design/architecture.
Césare sincerely believes in what he talks about, he is real, inspiring, and has real life practical experience walking the talk. The audience can feel that. He is able to answer questions, is open to critique and does not mind admitting if things in the work did not turn out as ecological as hoped for. He considers his work to be under constant development, and a way to provide open-source learning opportunities to develop a sustainable society.
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Thought-provoking, inspiring and encouraging!
Manuel inspired the students in the International MBA programme at Nyenrode. His speech was not only thought-provoking, but it encouraged the students to take action. A great example of what we call ‘the most important work today is both deeply personal and highly systemic’.
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Césare has been an inspiration to so many of us over the last 15 years or so.
"Césare has been an inspiration to so many of us over the last 15 years or so. He has a great skill in describing complicated ideas and systems in an original and accessible way, which of course is exactly what we need to get an understanding of what needs to be done with the built environment."
I absolutely trust his expertise in this field.
“Césare did a wonderful speech on our see-Conference in Germany. In front of 800 people he presented his projects and methods in an inspiring and exciting way. I recently recommended him as a consultant on re-use to one of my dearest clients, I absolutely trust his expertise in this field.”
Césare beheerst de materie als geen ander, vanuit helikopter niveau tot in de details van inspirerende voorbeelden.
“Vol passie neemt Césare je mee in de wereld van circulaire architectuur. Hij beheerst de materie als geen ander, vanuit helikopter niveau tot in de details van inspirerende voorbeelden. Na afloop zit je vol energie om zelf aan de slag te gaan én heb je de praktische tools in handen om dat te kunnen!”
He is a very inspiring and convincing speaker driven by personal engagement and idealism.
“Césare Peeren has been lecturing worldwide about architecture and urbanism, with a strong focus on innovation, environmentalism and reuse. He is a very inspiring and convincing speaker driven by personal engagement and idealism. Césare’s vision on architecture, the urban environment and related human behaviour and interaction is very interesting for a professional audience as well as the general public.”