Deconstruction Case Study in Southern Italy: Economic and Environmental Assessment

The paper will analyse how context affects the real possibilities of building materials’ reuse and recycling. A deconstruction Case Study in Southern Italy of some big residential buildings gives the opportunity to verify the deconstruction thesis in a real context, to study alternative scenarios to assess the most advantageous one in economic and environmental terms, and to define the profiles of every scenario. The scenarios’ definitions will take into account alternative dismantling techniques and the possibilities of managing C&D materials in relation to the operators and the presence of landfills, surface quarries, and recycling centres in the territory.