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Kitchen table by Bouwteam Vandemeulebroeke and Atelier DC, Belgium

Project : Kitchen Table,2025. Design and Production : Bouwteam Vandemeulebroeke and Atelier DC Photos Crédits : Bouwteam Vandemeulebroeke Materials From RotorDC :Glued-laminated timber, high chairs...

Glulam

Mar 31, 2026

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Home project, working and dining table by Maud Vanden Beussche

Project :Home project, working and dining table Design : Maud Vanden Beussche Photos Crédits : Maud Vanden Beussche Materials From RotorDC :Glued-laminated timber...

Glulam

Mar 31, 2026

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Table and Bench, Atelier Dehaene Seynaeve

Project : Table and Bench,2025 " We proposed to use this material for these two pieces because we are interested in using more materials from the circular economy but often find it hard to find the ri...

Atelier Dehaene Seynaeve Glulam

Mar 25, 2026

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The Unusual, by Design with Sense

For the opening of their new venue (January 2026)), the team at The Unusual cafe wanted a space that broke the mould. So they commissioned Design with Sense to devise a design that reflects their iden...

Brussels Design with Sense Glulam Tiles

Mar 23, 2026

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Glued laminated timber salvaged from the former 'BOMACO' warehouses, Relegem

Here's a surprise we've been preparing for a while. Last summer, we salvaged over 80 cubic metres of glued laminated timber from the roof structure of one of the former 'BOMACO' warehouses in Zellik, ...

Glulam Relegem Wood

Mar 5, 2025

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Recypark in Anderlecht, Brussels

Reuse at another level! This weekend saw the opening of the new 'Recypark' in Anderlecht - a place that is both a waste collection centre and a skate park (!). Also remarkable: the new wooden structur...

51N4E Brussels Glulam Rotor Asbl Wood

Oct 7, 2024

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From careful dismantling to freshly milled panels

Glued laminated beams are essential structural elements in contemporary architecture. Made up of layers of wood glued together, this material was developed from the beginning of the 20th on to expand ...

Glulam Wood

Apr 19, 2024

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REALCO Cafetaria

In January 2020, the buildings of Realco , a company specialising in enzyme-based cleaning products, burned down. The offices were spared, but the entire production hall went up in smoke. Reconstructi...

Glulam Realco Rotor Asbl Tiles Vetisol

Jun 6, 2023

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Interior for 'Kontoer' by Het Kantoor Van Morgen, Turnhout

Het Kantoor van Morgen designed this classy interior for Kontoer in Turnhout. The lobby brings together 6 very different activities; a foodshop, a second hand clothing store, a bistrot, a retouches se...

Glulam Het Kantoor Van Mogen Turnhout

Aug 9, 2021

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Laminated timber panels made from discarded beams

Large beams in laminated timber used in warehouse building often end up being destroyed during demolition. This is because the cost of removing them carefully from a building, plus the cost of transpo...

Glulam

Jan 6, 2017

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Salvaging by RotorDC

About us

RotorDC is a cooperative that organises the reuse of construction materials. We dismantle, process and trade salvaged building components with a focus on finishing materials, such as hardware, doors, flooring, furniture and lighting fixtures.

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