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Corentin Fivet

corentin.fivet@epfl.ch http://sxl.epfl.ch

EPFL ENAC IA SXL
HBL 2 3C (Halle Bleue)
Pass. du Cardinal 13b
1700 Fribourg

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

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Lise Bachmann, Meera Mahadevan, Maxence Grangeot, Mathieu Gérard René Romann, Charlotte Flavie Judith Jianoux

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

Maria Sivers

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.