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Re-Win

Basel, CH

RE-WIN is a non-profit, tax-exempt organisation that aims to promote the reuse of used components and materials in development cooperation and reconstruction. The association saves components from being thrown away and organises their reuse in crisis areas such as Ukraine. We are architects, engineers, IT specialists, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. Multinational and transdisciplinary, we develop strategies and processes to implement the circular economy in the reconstruction of disaster areas. In this way, we want to tackle social, ecological and economic emergencies together.

Félix Dillmann

Basel, CH

I am passionate about building cultural bridges through reuse. By aplying reused materials in crisis zones, we can contribute peacefully, socially, and ecologically to the reconstruction of Ukraine. I pursued my Master's in Architecture from ETH and MIT, until recently I worked with an NGO in Nepal, building community architecture with reused materials as socio-economic catalysts. As an architect specializing in Urban Transformation, I view the urban environment as a space to create multidisciplinary practices, redesign resource systems, and transform the construction industry to be socially sustainable.

Barbara Buser

Basel, CH

I initiated the Re-Win association because I am searching for ways to reduce resource waste and CO2 emissions in the construction industry. Reuse is the most efficient strategy for achieving this goal.

Martina Bischof

Zürich, CH

In my role as an architect and also personally as a childless person, I want to make a caring-oriented contribution. Promoting reuse as a culture of care throughout society and establishing it as part of the reconstruction strategy in disaster areas in order to become construction waste-free by 2050 by closing the material cycles is a really meaningful task that motivates me!

Daniel Stirnimann

Basel, CH

I have lived in Ukraine and am married to a Ukrainian woman. I therefore know the situation on the ground well and it is important to me to do my contribution to alleviate the pain of the long-suffering population there.

Fabio Soldati

Zürich, CH

I see great potential in RE-WIN's work to make our use of building materials more intelligent. It's also good to know that our work is helping people in need and that many Ukrainian families are getting through the winter better with windows from Switzerland.

Nicoals Grandjean

Bern, CH

I find the reuse of construction components totally exciting because it promotes an alternative way of working and leads to surprising results. It also makes perfect sense in terms of sustainability. My involvement with Re-Win combines with my professional interests as an architect and my work as a lecturer. The fact that the joint endeavours of the Windows-for-Ukraine project directly benefit people in need gives the project a further important meaning.

Joëlle Schmied

Zürich, CH

I aim to make a sustainable contribution to counteract the wasteful use of building materials. RE-WIN combines this with the theme of humanitarian aid, which is personally inspiring for me and also offers alternatives for the architecture and construction industry.

Ines Brunhart

Luzern, CH

I am convinced by the combination of social and ecological objectives. More than thirty years after the publication of the Brundtland Report, we no longer need to convince people that sustainable development is the right thing to do, but rather people who are committed to meeting the needs of the present without neglecting those of future generations. RE-WIN succeeds in doing this when volunteers and donors make it possible to use disused windows in Switzerland for reconstruction in war-ravaged Ukraine.

Deborah Bühlmann

Luzern, CH

The Re-Win association is committed to circular and resource-saving construction. With the Windows for Ukraine project, urgently needed humanitarian aid can be provided at the same time - this is an unbeatably meaningful package offered by the Re-Win association.

Regine Amman

Zug, CH

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Medine Altiok

Zürich, CH

For me, RE-Win is learning by doing. I recognise the finite nature of our natural resources and understand the need to reduce CO2 emissions. How do you do that? Giving materials and building components a second life is a simple and good option.



My work as an architect has so far been characterised by sensual and atmospheric spaces and by the social and societal aspirations that I am committed to. Now the reuse of building materials has been added to this. For me, it's not just a constructional task, but also a building culture task, where it's about (building) culture transfer.