Deconstruction (building)

Reuse of Load-Bearing Timber Elements - Case Study of a Lookout Tower in Lausanne, Switzerland

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Julius Natterer, Jonas Warmuth, Edisson Xavier Estrella Arcos

The construction industry is jeopardizing Earth’s environment; current mitigation efforts do not suffice; and additional sustainable strategies are required. One such strategy consists of reusing structural building elements over multiple service lives. In ...

Curran Associates, Inc.2023

Experimental investigation on the bending response of reuse-ready timber slabs – The Pixel Slab System

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Edisson Xavier Estrella Arcos, Johnny Syriani

Current construction practices follow linear economic models of "take-make-dispose" that result in substantial material landfilling after the end-of-life of buildings. This issue takes relevance given the construction industry's significant stake in the hi ...

International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)2023

Reusability Assessment of Obsolete Reinforced Concrete Structural Components

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Célia Marine Küpfer, Julie Rachel Devènes

The production of concrete, the most widely used construction material, detrimentally affects the environment. Obsolete reinforced concrete (RC) load-bearing structures, even when still in good condition, are today prematurely crushed and landfilled or rec ...

Springer2023

Environmental and economic analysis of new construction techniques reusing existing concrete elements: two case studies

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Célia Marine Küpfer, Julie Rachel Devènes

As the most widely used construction material worldwide, concrete is the main cause of greenhouse gas emissions, material depletion, and waste generation by the construction industry. Typically, concrete waste is crushed and, at best, reclaimed into recycl ...

2022

Déconstruction sélective - Construction Réversible: recueil pour diminuer les déchets et favoriser le réemploi dans la construction

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Célia Marine Küpfer

A travers une revue de la littérature, ainsi que 32 études de cas et des entretiens avec des praticiens, ce recueil: › synthétise les principes fondamentaux des deux approches; › documente et diffuse les retours d’expériences et les bonnes pratiques; › app ...

EPFL2021

Component reuse in structural design: emerging practices and tools for the circular economy

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Jan Friedrich Georg Brütting, Jonas Warmuth

Structural engineers play an increasing role in ensuring the transition towards a more sustainable construction sector: a) they are responsible for the design of the most resource- and energy-intensive part of buildings and infrastructure, and b) they regu ...

fib2021

Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: a case study

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Endrit Hoxha, Catherine Elvire L. De Wolf

The building industry is responsible for 35% of all solid waste in Europe and more than a third of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To address this, applying circular economy principles to the building sector is crucial, for example by reusing building elem ...

2020

Embodied Carbon Benefits of Reusing Structural Components in the Built Environment: a Medium-rise Office Building Case Study

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Jan Friedrich Georg Brütting, Catherine Elvire L. De Wolf

This paper provides parametric estimates of embodied carbon reductions when structural components are reused in a typical office building. First, a lower bound of structural material quantities is estimated for a typical steel frame structure in a low-rise ...

2018

Deconstruction (building)

Reuse of Load-Bearing Timber Elements - Case Study of a Lookout Tower in Lausanne, Switzerland

Experimental investigation on the bending response of reuse-ready timber slabs – The Pixel Slab System

Reusability Assessment of Obsolete Reinforced Concrete Structural Components

Environmental and economic analysis of new construction techniques reusing existing concrete elements: two case studies

Déconstruction sélective - Construction Réversible: recueil pour diminuer les déchets et favoriser le réemploi dans la construction

Component reuse in structural design: emerging practices and tools for the circular economy

Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: a case study

Embodied Carbon Benefits of Reusing Structural Components in the Built Environment: a Medium-rise Office Building Case Study

Brevets de la maison en béton, 1892-1923 : visions d'une construction monolithique, d'Edison à Le Corbusier

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Reuse of Load-Bearing Timber Elements - Case Study of a Lookout Tower in Lausanne, Switzerland

Experimental investigation on the bending response of reuse-ready timber slabs – The Pixel Slab System

Reusability Assessment of Obsolete Reinforced Concrete Structural Components

Environmental and economic analysis of new construction techniques reusing existing concrete elements: two case studies

Déconstruction sélective - Construction Réversible: recueil pour diminuer les déchets et favoriser le réemploi dans la construction

Component reuse in structural design: emerging practices and tools for the circular economy

Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: a case study

Embodied Carbon Benefits of Reusing Structural Components in the Built Environment: a Medium-rise Office Building Case Study

Brevets de la maison en béton, 1892-1923 : visions d'une construction monolithique, d'Edison à Le Corbusier