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Abstract

Tile often goes to waste before material failure, adding to the waste the construction industry creates. Ceramic tiles should be seen as a prized building material, especially in a time when conservation is essential for our planet's health. Yet our current building practices too often leave them buried in the millions of tons of construction waste we produce each year, well before they need to be. Which is why it is necessary to consider new ways of designing a system for adhering tiles that allows them to be preserved. In this paper, I developed a new tile system based on the key principles of doughnut economics, the circular economy, and building for disassembly (DfD).

Department

Architecture and Environmental Design

Major

Architecture and Environmental Design

First Advisor

Ben Burghart

First Advisor Department

Construction Management

Second Advisor

Gerard Nadeau

Second Advisor Department

Architecture and Environmental Design

Publication Date

Spring 4-26-2026

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