Shoreditch practice Orms has unveiled a proposed new system for architects to gather information about materials in a building to decide whether they can be reused.

The concept, known as a material “passport”, would allow architects to use their phones to scan QR codes imprinted on materials within buildings to access information about them.

Users would then be able to view all of the recorded data on the scanned material, including product origin, fire ratings, structural information and maintenance information.

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