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Expertise
- Sustainable Construction
- Circular Economy
- Reuse
- Structure-Efficient Design
- Computational Methods for Structural Form-Finding
- Innovative Construction Processes
- Architect/Engineer collaboration
Journal articles of the past 5 years
Digital Inventory of Swiss Construction Systems
Scientific Data. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41597-025-06101-6.Maximisation of the environmental performance of beams through the optimisation and comparison of different typologies
Journal of Building Engineering. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112877.Design, construction and assessment of FLO:RE – the prototype of a low-carbon building floor made of reused concrete elements and steel profiles
Architecture, Structures and Construction. 2025. DOI : 10.1007/s44150-025-00138-2.Analysis and Synthesis of Existing Procedures Used to Determine the Reuse Potential of Building Elements
FRONTIERS IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT. 2025. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1511109.Large Concrete Rubble as a New Structural Construction Material: Opportunities and Digital Processes for Load-Bearing Walls
Buildings. 2025. DOI : 10.3390/buildings15091437.How Gained Experience Influences Perceived Levers and Barriers of Reuse Practices: Learning from North Americans
Sustainability. 2024. DOI : 10.3390/su162410999.Déconstruire : modes d’emploi
Tracés : revue suisse romande des techniques et cultures du bâti / Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes (SIA). 2024.Disused Concrete, Digital Acupuncture and Reuse
Architectural Design. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/ad.3101.RE:SLAB — a load bearing system for open-ended component reuse in building structures
Frontiers in Built Environment. 2024. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2024.1355445.Reusability assessment of reinforced concrete components prior to deconstruction from obsolete buildings
Journal of Building Engineering. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.108584.Le béton de réemploi, précieuse ressource territoriale
La Revue Durable. 2024.A concrete answer for circular construction: three prototypes reusing saw-cut elements
The Structural Engineer. 2024. DOI : 10.56330/ZMSY4716.Reuse of cut concrete slabs in new buildings for circular ultra-low-carbon floor designs
Journal of Cleaner Production. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141566.Multiscale Spatiotemporal Characterization of Embodied Environmental Performance of Building Structures in Geneva from 1850 to 2018
Cleaner Environmental Systems. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100194.Reuse of concrete components in new construction projects: Critical review of 77 circular precedents
Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135235.Structural topology exploration through policy-based generation of equilibrium representations
Computer-Aided Design. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.cad.2023.103518.Innovations Practitioners Need for Circularity in the Swiss Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Sector
Cirkla. 2023. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.7520351.Computational Conceptual Design – Typological Exploration Of Spatial Truss Systems Through Optimization
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 2023. DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2023.026.Le béton de réemploi, ressource territoriale à mobiliser
Les Cahiers d'EspaceSuisse. 2022.Matériaux rejetés et nouveaux défis
Tracés : revue suisse romande des techniques et cultures du bâti / Société suisse des ingénieurs et des architectes (SIA). 2022.MILP-based discrete sizing and topology optimization of truss structures: new formulation and benchmarking
Structural And Multidisciplinary Optimization. 2022. DOI : 10.1007/s00158-022-03325-7.Re:Crete – Reuse of concrete blocks from cast-in-place building to arch footbridge
Structures. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.07.012.Discrete Voss surfaces: Designing geodesic gridshells with planar cladding panels
Automation in Construction. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104200.Steel, a material to reuse
Stahlbau. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/stab.202200019.Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)
International Journal of Space Structures. 2021. DOI : 10.1177/09560599211068076.Generation of elastic geodesic gridshells with anisotropic cross sections
International Journal of Space Structures. 2021. DOI : 10.1177/09560599211064099.Design and fabrication of a reusable kit of parts for diverse structures
Automation in Construction. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103614.Decision Framework to Balance Environmental, Technical, Logistical, and Economic Criteria When Designing Structures With Reused Components
Frontiers in Sustainability. 2021. DOI : 10.3389/frsus.2021.689877.Voss Surfaces: A Design Space for Geodesic Gridshells
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 2020. DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2020.008.Fostering Creativity in the Conceptual Design of Structures
Structural Concrete. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/suco.202070016.Design space exploration through force-based grammar rule
archiDOCT. 2020.The zaojing: review of a unique wooden construction typology
International Journal of the Construction History Society. 2020. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.3941502.Optimum design of frame structures from a stock of reclaimed elements
Frontiers in Built Environment. 2020. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2020.00057.Database of Embodied Quantity Outputs: Lowering Material Impacts Through Engineering
Journal of Architectural Engineering. 2020. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000408.Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is reused: structural design for a circular economy
The Structural Engineer. 2020. DOI : 10.56330/LXAH1188.Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: a case study
Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102322.Environmental impact minimization of reticular structures made of reused and new elements through Life Cycle Assessment and Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
Energy and Buildings. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109827.Teaching & PhD
PhD Students
Meera Mahadevan, Maxence Grangeot, Mathieu Gérard René Romann
Past EPFL PhD Students
Jan Brütting, Ioannis Mirtsopoulos, Célia Marine Küpfer, Jingxian Ye, Jonas Warmuth, Barbara Lambec, Maria Sivers
Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector
Courses
Building design in the circular economy
AR-497
The class introduces the concept of circular economy and its applications to building design, with a focus on design with reused components and design for disassembly. The class develops critical thinking skills over and above theoretical and technical inputs.
Building technology I
AR-105
Building technology - Part 1, Introduction to load-bearing structures: technical and functional requirements of buildings, load-bearing materials, structural statics and material strength, construction principles and implementation, historical and cultural contexts, sustainability strategies.
Constructive second hand
PENS-212
Building second-hand means seizing the opportunity offered by the circular economy to improve design by reusing components from deconstruction, at minimum environmental cost. This week will introduce students to these concepts through hands-on experience.
UE K : Architecture and Sustainability : performance studies
AR-440
This course is based on the team design of a temporary, mobile and sustainable theater. A pedagogical approach which will focus on the introduction of the concepts of sustainability applied to the design of a project with a short life span.