Maléna Bastien Masse

About
Privacy
Disclaimer

Graph Chatbot

Related publications (31)

Page 2 of 2

Large Concrete Rubble as a New Structural Construction Material: Opportunities and Digital Processes for Load-Bearing Walls

Christophe Moser, Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Maxence Grangeot

Concrete is amongst the most wasted materials on earth, mainly due to building demolitions. Currently, after a building’s end of life, concrete is crushed to be used as replacement gravel in new concrete mixes or for backfilling. Aiming to increase the cir ...

MDPI AG2025

A concrete answer for circular construction: three prototypes reusing saw-cut elements

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Célia Marine Küpfer

Existing concrete buildings should be retained for as long as possible to reduce the environmental burden of demolition and new construction. However, when urban pressure makes demolition unavoidable, salvaging and reusing concrete elements elsewhere in ne ...

2024

Disused Concrete, Digital Acupuncture and Reuse

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Stefana Parascho, Maxence Grangeot

Crushing concrete liberated from demolished buildings to provide recycled aggregate is argued to be a sustainable way of reducing material extraction. Yet, in these high‐energy processes, large amounts of new cement is often used, negating this as a low‐ca ...

Wiley2024

A standardized method to assess the reuse potential of building components

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

This paper presents a standardized assessment method to evaluate the reuse potential of building components, addressing the construction industry's need for sustainable resource management. The procedure relies on basic data about the assessed building, wi ...

CRC Press2025

An extensive database of Swiss building structures to predict the availability of materials and components

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec, Aldrick Paguio Arceo

Predicting the availability and quantities of reusable components and recyclable materials is one of the challenges of a wider implementation of circular economy practices in construction. A detailed knowledge of the composition of past and current buildin ...

CRC Press2025

Pedagogy of an interdisciplinary, hands-on workshop to design and build floor systems with reused materials

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Célia Marine Küpfer, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec, Peter Zurbrügg

This paper reflects on the pedagogy used for a series of student workshops on building with reused materials at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and presents the results of its 7 th edition, which focused on floor systems. During these w ...

CRC Press2025

Ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete for strengthening and protecting bridge deck slabs

Eugen Brühwiler, Maléna Bastien Masse

An original concept is presented for the durable rehabilitation of concrete bridge deck slabs. The main idea is to add a layer of Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) with or without steel reinforcing bars over the concrete slab to cre ...

Crc Press-Taylor & Francis Group2014

From soon-to-be demolished mushroom column slabs to reused reinforced concrete saw-cut assemblies: the case of the rebuiLT pavilion

Christian Tobias Meier, Lancelot Robert Benjamin Antoine Graulich, Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Célia Marine Küpfer, Maxence Grangeot

The piecewise reuse of soon-to-be-demolished cast-in-place reinforced concrete (RC) structures in new structural projects poses new design challenges. Unlike the disassembly of prefabricated structures guided by existing connections, deconstructing monolit ...

IOP Publishing2024

Learning from North Americans: barriers and levers to reuse from practitioners' experiences

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Barbara Ludivine Justine Lambec

This study delves into the intricacies of building element reuse practices in North America, spanning the genesis, current practices, and future projections of the initiatives. Using a semi-structured interview method, 35 stakeholders representing diverse ...

IOP Publishing2024

Upcycling concrete rubble into masonry walls: Design and assessment of two prototypes built with digitally augmented tools

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Maléna Bastien Masse, Stefana Parascho, Maxence Grangeot

Concrete rubble is currently a downcycled material whose upcycling remains under-explored and complex. This paper presents an accessible upcycling strategy to design and build slender structural masonry walls made from off-the-pile large demolition concret ...

Springer Nature Switzerland2024

Strengthening of the Chillon Highway Viaduct deck slab with reinforced UHPFRC

Eugen Brühwiler, Maléna Bastien Masse

2016