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Philippe and Geneviève's kitchen by Design With Sense

2024 ".... What makes this beautiful kitchen so special is that it was partly designed using vintage furniture salvaged from the site, taken apart and then reassembled to create a perfect blend of con...

Design with Sense Vetisol Wood

Mar 31, 2026

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Gymnasium panel in 3-ply with a maple top layer, Laakdaal

We had the opportunity to reclaim another gymnasium floor – this time in Laakdal. Our team used the same method as before, coming equipped with circular saws to divide the floor into rectangular panel...

Gymnasium Wood

Jul 7, 2025

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End grain parquet in afzelia wood from the former printing house of the Belgian National Bank, Brussels

Every single Belgian banknote issued between 1952 and 2020 has been printed above this floor! End grain parquet (kopshout / bois debout) is a type of flooring made up of wooden tiles cut perpendicular...

BNB Brussels Flooring Wood

Apr 30, 2025

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Solid beech floor from a former sports hall, Geraardsbergen

It turned out to be quite tricky to dismantle this solid beech floor of a former sports hall in Geraardsbergen board by board. Instead, we took our circular saw with a few spare blades and cut it into...

Geraardsbergen Gymnasium Wood

Apr 23, 2025

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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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Horse logging with Sonian Wood Coop

".... The Sonian Forest, a cold morning in January 2025. Elmo (a 5-year-old Polish cold-blood) and Fangio (a 10-year-old Ardennes horse) are doing everything they can to drag an 800 kg beech trunk fro...

Brussels Sonian Wood

Jan 21, 2025

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Partnership

Supervillas by Fabrik, Brussels

Supervillas by Fabrik, Les chantiers battus, Les Frères Poulet and the 7e Gauche. What a pleasure to see our materials used in a project like 'Supervillas'! Located in the social housing neighbourhood...

Brussels Fabrik Wood

Dec 15, 2024

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Douglas fir planks from the George Henri Playground designed by Suede 36

Playground time! Gulliver keeps a watchful eye as we dismantle a maze of wooden fortifications, releasing piles of colorful Douglas fir decking. The playground of the Georges Henri park in Woluwé-Sain...

Brussels Suede 36 Wood

Oct 22, 2024

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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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Project & Design

Sonian Wood Coop and RotorDC join forces to produce Brussels' parquet

Most of the trees growing in the Brussels region end up being either exported to oversees factories, or being shredded for use as biomass and mulch. The Sonian Wood Coop was founded to find local appl...

Brussels Sonian Wood

Feb 5, 2022

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Wood from a bankrupt door manufacturer

For some time now, we've had the desire to add a wood department to our shop. A previous attempt 5 years ago had failed; we had tried selling relatively small and heterogenous batches and perhaps hadn...

Wood

Nov 4, 2020

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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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