Kit of parts

cepezed has always been focused on change. In 1974, against the current, we opted for a kit of parts. We are convinced that high-quality prefab elements also yield better architecture. In any case, less material is needed - structural work is also finishing work - and construction is faster and cleaner. The kit of parts principle has been maintained for 50 years, which does not mean nothing has changed. The kit of parts lends itself to upscaling and serial production, and to sustainability. cepezed increasingly opts for bio-based materials and, if possible, the kit is not only demountable, but even remountable.

prototype

The kit of parts approach envisaged by cepezed in 1974 was new and therefore required prototypes. How does construction proceed if you mainly assemble prefabricated elements? Is the quality of the architecture really better? And how does it turn out aesthetically if you leave a construction in sight? The semi-detached house proved cepezed's approach right.

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seriality

A kit of parts is ideal for serial production. After all, the parts are made in the factory. With the showroom/ workshop for Porsche, this was explicitly the intention. Word wide, over a thousand have since been built, in different sizes. The very first one is to be found in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The one the most nearby in Rotterdam.

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scalability

For twenty years, cepezed innovated the kit of parts with small projects. The renovation of the Rijkswaterstaat office Westraven proved that the technical principles and the financial picture also lend themselves well to the large scale. The existing tower from the 1970s was given a futuristic, second skin. At its foot came four-storey new construction consisting of linkable elements.

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remountable

A kit of parts consists of prefab elements that are assembled on the building site. While innovating in both technique and process, cepezed took the step with the Amsterdam temporary court to a dismountable, or rather a remountable kit of parts. The close cooperation with the contractors - cepezedprojects and Du Prie - proved crucial for the success of the project.

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circular

The kit of parts of The Green House - a temporary catering pavilion in the Utrecht railway station area - consists of as much circular material as possible. On the ground-floor are paving bricks from Tiel and for the façade, the smoked-glass panels of the former Generaal Knoop Barracks were used. The result is a collage without fraying.

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biobased

A kit of parts doesn't have to be limited to the familiar, dimensionally stable steel. For the past ten years, cepezed has been investigating variations in wood, bamboo and other bio-based materials. After weighing up aspects such as cost, delivery time, assembly, aesthetics and atmosphere, the outcome is often hybrid. The kit of parts for the new parts of the West Betuwe town hall is made almost entirely of wood.

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