Books
Déconstruction sélective – Construction Réversible: recueil pour diminuer les déchets et favoriser le réemploi dans la construction
Lausanne, Switzerland: EPFL, 2021.Selektiver Rückbau – Rückbaubare Konstruktion: Studie zur Förderung der Abfallreduktion und der Wiederverwendung in der Baubranche
Lausanne, Switzerland: EPFL, 2021.Journal papers & book chapters
Reading the existing: What discarded materials bring to the project
Architecture revalued. Baukultur and the culture of Transition; Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2024. p. 51 – 68.RE:SLAB — a load bearing system for open-ended component reuse in building structures
Frontiers in Built Environment. 2024. Vol. 10. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2024.1355445.Multiscale Spatiotemporal Characterization of Embodied Environmental Performance of Building Structures in Geneva from 1850 to 2018
Cleaner Environmental Systems. 2024. p. 100194. DOI : 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100194.Reusability assessment of reinforced concrete components prior to deconstruction from obsolete buildings
Journal of Building Engineering. 2024. Vol. 84, p. 108584. DOI : 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.108584.A concrete answer for circular construction: three prototypes reusing saw-cut elements
The Structural Engineer. 2024. Vol. 102, num. 4, p. 32 – 37. DOI : 10.56330/ZMSY4716.Le béton de réemploi, précieuse ressource territoriale
La Revue Durable. 2024. num. 69, p. 38 – 40.Reuse of cut concrete slabs in new buildings for circular ultra-low-carbon floor designs
Journal of Cleaner Production. 2024. Vol. 448, p. 141566. DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141566.Reuse of concrete components in new construction projects: Critical review of 77 circular precedents
Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023. Vol. 383, p. 135235. DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135235.Computational Conceptual Design – Typological Exploration Of Spatial Truss Systems Through Optimization
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 2023. Vol. 64, num. 4, p. 289 – 297. DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2023.026.Innovations Practitioners Need for Circularity in the Swiss Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Sector
Cirkla. 2023. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.7520351.Structural topology exploration through policy-based generation of equilibrium representations
Computer-Aided Design. 2023. Vol. 160, p. 103518. DOI : 10.1016/j.cad.2023.103518.Le béton de réemploi, ressource territoriale à mobiliser
Les Cahiers d’EspaceSuisse. 2022. num. Dossier: Réemploi et Economie Circulaire, p. 4 – 9.Matériaux rejetés et nouveaux défis
Tracés. 2022. Vol. 11, num. 3525, p. 8 – 13.MILP-based discrete sizing and topology optimization of truss structures: new formulation and benchmarking
Structural And Multidisciplinary Optimization. 2022. Vol. 65, num. 10, p. 277. DOI : 10.1007/s00158-022-03325-7.Re:Crete – Reuse of concrete blocks from cast-in-place building to arch footbridge
Structures. 2022. Vol. 43, p. 1854 – 1867. DOI : 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.07.012.Exploration of static equilibrium representations; policies and genetic algorithms
Structures and Architecture: A Viable Urban Perspective?; London: CRC Press, 2022.Re:Crete – reuse of concrete elements in new structures: A footbridge prototype
Structures and Architecture: A Viable Urban Perspective?; London: CRC Press, 2022.Discrete Voss surfaces: Designing geodesic gridshells with planar cladding panels
Automation in Construction. 2022. Vol. 140, p. 104200. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104200.Steel, a material to reuse
Stahlbau. 2022. Vol. 91, num. 4, p. 268 – 273. DOI : 10.1002/stab.202200019.Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)
International Journal of Space Structures. 2021. Vol. 36, num. 4, p. 251 – 252. DOI : 10.1177/09560599211068076.Generation of elastic geodesic gridshells with anisotropic cross sections
International Journal of Space Structures. 2021. Vol. 36, num. 4, p. 294 – 306. DOI : 10.1177/09560599211064099.Design and fabrication of a reusable kit of parts for diverse structures
Automation in Construction. 2021. Vol. 125, p. 103614. 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. Vol. 2, p. 689877. 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. Vol. 61, num. 4, p. 255 – 263. DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2020.008.Fostering Creativity in the Conceptual Design of Structures
Structural Concrete. 2020. Vol. 21, num. 6, p. 2204 – 2204. DOI : 10.1002/suco.202070016.Design space exploration through force-based grammar rule
archiDOCT. 2020. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 50 – 64.The zaojing: review of a unique wooden construction typology
International Journal of the Construction History Society. 2020. Vol. 35, num. 1, p. 23 – 49. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.3941502.Optimum design of frame structures from a stock of reclaimed elements
Frontiers in Built Environment. 2020. Vol. 6, num. 57, p. 1 – 18. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2020.00057.Database of Embodied Quantity Outputs: Lowering Material Impacts Through Engineering
Journal of Architectural Engineering. 2020. Vol. 26, num. 3, p. 04020016. 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. Vol. 98, num. 1, p. 74 – 81.Comparison of environmental assessment methods when reusing building components: a case study
Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020. Vol. 61, p. 102322. 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. Vol. 215, p. 109827. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109827.Vector-Based 3D Graphic Statics: a framework for the design of spatial structures based on the relation between form and forces
International Journal of Solids and Structures. 2019. Vol. 167, p. 58 – 70. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2019.02.008.Design of Truss Structures Through Reuse
Structures. 2019. Vol. 18, p. 128 – 137. DOI : 10.1016/j.istruc.2018.11.006.Form follows availability – Designing structures through reuse
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 2019. Vol. 60, num. 4, p. 257 – 265. DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2019.202.033.数字化图解静力学设计方法 — 建筑师和结构工程师共享的设计工具 (Digital Graphic Statics – Shared Design Tools for Architects and Engineers)
Architectural Journal, China. 2017. num. 590, p. 20 – 25.Guastavino design of the 1909 thin brick dome of the Cathedral of St John the Divine.
Construction History. 2017. Vol. 32, num. 2, p. 39 – 65.Projective transformations of structural equilibrium
International Journal of Space STructures. 2016. Vol. 31, num. 2-4, p. 135 – 146. DOI : 10.1177/0266351116660796.Admissible geometrical domains and graphic statics to evaluate constitutive elements of structural robustness
International Journal of Space Structures. 2016. Vol. 31, num. 2-4, p. 164 – 175. DOI : 10.1177/0266351116661086.Reciprocal diagrams: Innovative applications of past theories
International Journal of Space Structures. 2016. Vol. 31, num. 2-4, p. 84. DOI : 10.1177/0266351116660789.Automatic generation of diverse equilibrium structures through shape grammars and graphic statics
International Journal of Space Structures. 2016. Vol. 31, num. 2-4, p. 146 – 163. DOI : 10.1177/0266351116660798.Segmentiertes Granitgewölbe in Cambridge / Segmented Granite Vault in Cambridge
Detail Structure. 2016. Vol. 2016, num. 1, p. 67 – 73.Conference papers
2024
Concrete rubble as a new construction material: Panorama of applications to known structural typologies
2024. IASS Symposium 2024 – Redefining the Art of Structural Design, Zürich, Switzerland, 2024-08-26 – 2024-08-30.Upcycling concrete rubble into masonry walls: Design and assessment of two prototypes built with digitally augmented tools
2024. fib International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, Guimarães, Portugal, 2024-09-11 – 2024-09-13.Structural Concrete Rubble Arrangements – A Framework for Upcycling Demolition Waste into Slender Masonry Walls for Buildings
2024. Design Modelling Symposium 2024 Kassel – Scalable Disruptors, Kassel, Germany, 2024-09-16 – 2024-09-19. p. 15 – 27. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-68275-9_2.Structural component reuse of precast and cast-in-place reinforced concrete in architecture since the late 1960s in Europe
2024. 8th International Congress on Construction History, Zürich, CH, June 24-28, 2024. p. 1077 – 1084.Rising from rubble – Leveraging existing construction tools for upcycling concrete waste into slender walls
2024. ROB|ARCH Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art, and Design, Toronto, Canada, May 21-25, 2024.FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements
2024. IABSE Symposium 2024, Manchester, UK, April 10-12, 2024. p. 1092 – 1099. DOI : 10.2749/manchester.2024.1092.Geometry-Driven Stock-Constrained Truss Design via Equilibrium-Based Structural Models
2024. Shell and Spatial Structures. IWSS 2023, Torino, Italy, June 26-28, 2023. p. 727 – 736. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-44328-2_76.2023
Computational conceptual design — typological exploration of spatial truss systems through optimization
2023. IASS Annual Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, July 10-14, 2023.Experimental investigation on the bending response of reuse-ready timber slabs – The Pixel Slab System
2023. IASS Annual Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, July 10-14, 2023.From concrete waste to walls An investigation of reclamation and digital technologies for new load-bearing structures
CISBAT 2023 THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN TRANSITION Hybrid International Scientific Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023.Interactive design with optimum matchmaking of reused structural elements – a software implementation
2023. IASS Annual Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, July 10-14, 2023.Building structures made of reused cut reinforced concrete slabs and walls: A case study
2023. The 8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2023), Milano, Italy, July 2-6, 2023. p. 172 – 179. DOI : 10.1201/9781003323020-18.Design of New Low-Carbon Floor Systems by Reusing Cut Cast-in-Place Concrete Pieces
2023. International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Concrete Structures, Oslo, Norway, June 29 – July 1, 2023. p. 281 – 290.A Reuse-Ready Timber Slab-and-Column System for Modular Building Structures
2023. 13th World Conference on Timber Engineering, Oslo, Norway, June 19-22, 2023. p. 3588 – 3593. DOI : 10.52202/069179-0467.Reuse of Load-Bearing Timber Elements – Case Study of a Lookout Tower in Lausanne, Switzerland
2023. 13th World Conference on Timber Engineering, Oslo, Norway, June 19-22, 2023. p. 3600 – 3607. DOI : 10.52202/069179-0469.Panorama of approaches to reuse concrete pieces: identification and critical comparison
2023. CISBAT 2023 The Built Environment in Transition, Lausanne, September 13-15, 2023. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/19/192006.Multiscale pattern analysis of building replacements in Zurich from 2000 to 2019
2023. cisbat 2023 The Built Environment in Transition, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/17/172004.From concrete waste to walls: An investigation of reclamation and digital technologies for new load-bearing structures
2023. cisbat 2023 The Built Environment in Transition, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/19/192019.Low-tech methods for the reuse of reinforced concrete structural elements
2023. cisbat 2023 The Built Environment in Transition, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2023. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/19/192005.Reusability Assessment of Obsolete Reinforced Concrete Structural Components
2023. fib Symposium 2023, Istanbul, Turkey, June 5-7, 2023. p. 440 – 449. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-32519-9_42.2022
Circular economy digital market solutions for reuse in the European construction sector
2022. Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) D-A-C-H Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 20-23, 2022.Re:Crete – A Footbridge made of Reused Concrete Blocks
2022. Footbridge 2022: Creating Experience, Madrid, Spain, September 7-9, 2022.Environmental and economic analysis of new construction techniques reusing existing concrete elements: two case studies
2022. Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) D-A-C-H Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 20-23, 2022. DOI : 10.1088/1755-1315/1078/1/012013.2021
Component reuse in structural design: emerging practices and tools for the circular economy
2021. International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures 2021, Attisholz Areal, Switzerland, September 16-18, 2021. DOI : 10.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P055.Prestressed ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) beams for reusable structural systems: design and testing
2021. 3rd fib International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, Prague, Czech Republic, September 8-10, 2021.Voss surfaces: A design space for geodesic gridshells
2021. IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures, Guilford, UK, August 23-27, 2021.Grammar-based generation of bar networks in static equilibrium with bounded bar lengths
2021. IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures, Guilford, UK, August 23-27, 2021.Computational tool for stock-constrained design of structures
2021. IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures, Guilford, UK, August 23-27, 2021, Guilford, UK, August 23-27, 2021. p. 1 – 9.Synthesis of Kit-of-parts Structures for Reuse
2021. Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020, Paris, France, April 26-29, 2021.2020
Sustainability through reuse: a reconfigurable structural system for residential and office buildings
2020. Beyond2020 – World Sustainable Built Environment, Online, November 2-4, 2020.2019
Experimental investigation of beams under coupled bending and torsion
2019. 60th-Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Barcelona, October 7-10, 2019. p. 1886 – 1893.Modern timber design approaches for traditional Japanese architecture: analytical, experimental, and numerical approaches for the Nuki joint
2019. 60th-Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Barcelona, October 7-10, 2019. p. 2911 – 2918.Form follows availability – Designing structures through reuse
2019. 60th-Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, Barcelona, October 7-10, 2019. p. 2941 – 2949.Grammar-based generation of trusses within non-convex domains
2019. International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures, Madrid, Spain, September 26-27, 2019. p. 193 – 200.Rotational stiffness in timber joinery connections: Analytical and experimental characterizations of the Nuki joint
2019. International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Lisbon, Portugal, July 24-26, 2019. p. 229 – 236. DOI : 10.1201/9781315229126-28.Can timber lower the environmental impact of tall buildings?
2019. International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Lisbon, Portugal, July 24-26, 2019. p. 1147 – 1154. DOI : 10.1201/9781315229126-137.Exploration of spatial structures made from reused elements and the design of optimal kits-of-parts
2019. International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Lisbon, Portugal, July 24-26, 2019. p. 221 – 228. DOI : 10.1201/9781315229126-27.Restoration of ancient Chinese opera spiral wooden domes, accounts of field practice
2019. New Horizons in the Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage, 21st IIWC Symposium, York, UK, September 12-15, 2018. p. 78 – 95.The ancient Chinese opera spiral wooden domes
2019. Sixth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge, UK, April 5-7, 2019.Design of Load-Bearing Systems for Open-Ended Downstream Reuse
2019. SBE19 – Buildings As Material Banks – A Pathway for a Circular Future, Brussels, February 6-7, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012031.The reuse of load-bearing components
2019. SBE19 – Buildings As Material Banks – A Pathway for a Circular Future, Brussels, February 6-7, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012025.Optimum Frame Design with Reused Stock Elements
International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures – IASS 2019: Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, 7-10 October 2019.2018
Embodied Carbon Benefits of Reusing Structural Components in the Built Environment: a Medium-rise Office Building Case Study
2018. 34th PLEA Conference, ‘Smart & Healthy within the 2 degree limit’, Hong-Kong, December 10-12, 2018.Environmental Benefits when Reusing Load-Bearing Components in Office Buildings: A Case Study.
2018. 34th PLEA Conference, ‘Smart & Healthy within the 2 degree limit’, Hong-Kong, December 10-12, 2018.Reconsidering traditional timber joinery for sustainable structures
2018. Research Culture in Architecture, FATUK, Faculty of Architecture TU Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 27-28, 2018.The Graphic Statics behind the Collier Memorial
2018. IASS Symposium 2018, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 16-20, 2018.Structural Characterization of Traditional Moment-Resisting Timber Joinery
2018. IASS Symposium 2018, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 16-20, 2018.Design Space of Modular Slab Systems with Discrete Stiffness Distribution and Irregular Column Layout
2018. IASS Symposium 2018, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 16-20, 2018.Optimum Truss Design with Reused Stock Elements
2018. IASS Symposium 2018, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 16-20, 2018.Construction technology transfer in Shanghai in the nineteenth to twentieth centuries
2018. Sixth International Congress on Construction History, Brussels, Belgium, July 9-13, 2018.The caisson – review of a unique wooden construction typology in China
2018. Sixth International Congress on Construction History, Brussels, Belgium, July 9-13, 2018.Optimization Formulations for the Design of Low Embodied Energy Structures Made from Reused Elements
2018. 25th EG-ICE International Workshop 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 10-13, 2018. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-91635-4_8.2017
Constraint-Driven Design with Combinatorial Equilibrium Modelling
2017. IASS Annual Symposium 2017 “Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”, Hamburg, Germany, September 25-28, 2017.Vector-Based 3D Graphic Statics: Transformations of Force Diagrams
2017. IASS Annual Symposium 2017 “Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”, Hamburg, Germany, September 25-28, 2017.Structural Design with Reclaimed Materials: an Elastic Gridshell out of Skis
2017. IASS Annual Symposium 2017 “Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”, Hamburg, Germany, September 25-28, 2017.Geometric Optimization of a Reciprocal Floor-Framing System with Self-Weight and Area-Loading Considerations
2017. IASS Annual Symposium 2017 “Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”, Hamburg, Germany, September 25-28, 2017.An Optimized Bracing System for Distributed Lateral Loads
2017. 5th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2017), Singapore, May 8-9, 2017. p. 366 – 374.2016
Vector-Based 3D graphic statics (Part III): Designing with Combinatorial Equilibrium Modelling
2016. International Association for Shel and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2016: “Spatial Structures in the 21st Century”, Tokyo, Japan, September 26-30, 2016.Graphical methods for the design of Catalan vaults: the case of Luis Moya Blanco’s Nuestra Señora de la Araucana in Madrid
2016. 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Guimarães, Portugal, July 27-29, 2016.Forces Frozen: Hands-on explorations of structural ice shells
2016. 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Guimarães, Portugal, July 27-29, 2016.Vector-Based 3D Graphic Statics (Part I): Evaluation of Global Equilibrium
2016. International Association for Shel and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2016: “Spatial Structures in the 21st Century”, Tokyo, Japan, September 26-30, 2016.Vector-Based 3D Graphic Statics (Part II): Construction of Force Diagrams
2016. International Association for Shel and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2016: “Spatial Structures in the 21st Century”, Tokyo, Japan, September 26-30, 2016.Layman articles
Le béton de réemploi, précieuse ressource territoriale
La Revue Durable. 2024. num. 69, p. 38 – 40.Témoignage IDEAS – Dr. Loïc Fumeaux
2023.Innovations Practitioners Need for Circularity in the Swiss Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Sector
Cirkla. 2023. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.7520351.Le béton de réemploi, ressource territoriale à mobiliser
Les Cahiers d’EspaceSuisse. 2022. num. Dossier: Réemploi et Economie Circulaire, p. 4 – 9.Matériaux rejetés et nouveaux défis
Tracés. 2022. Vol. 11, num. 3525, p. 8 – 13.Steel, a material to reuse
Stahlbau. 2022. Vol. 91, num. 4, p. 268 – 273. DOI : 10.1002/stab.202200019.RE:CRETE – Building out of concrete, without pouring concrete
2021.Wiederverwendbare Tragsysteme – Erwägung einer Neuauflage des Metabolismus
2021.À la recherche de la bonne forme pour construire et déconstruire mieux
2020.Corentin Fivet : Sortir de l’esthétique du bricolage
2019.Stampflehm fordert die Reflexion, das Denken heraus
2018.Reciprocal diagrams: Innovative applications of past theories
International Journal of Space Structures. 2016. Vol. 31, num. 2-4, p. 84. DOI : 10.1177/0266351116660789.Segmentiertes Granitgewölbe in Cambridge / Segmented Granite Vault in Cambridge
Detail Structure. 2016. Vol. 2016, num. 1, p. 67 – 73.Conference proceedings
Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures held in Attisholz Areal, Switzerland, September 16-18, 2021
2021. International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures 2021.Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures held at the Torroja Institute, in Madrid, Spain September 26-28, 2019
2019. International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures.Reports
South Sudan – State-of-the-Art on Flood Resilient Shelters
2022
South Sudan – Building Resources & Shelter Practices
2022
Zürich Stadtspital Triemli Personalhäuser – Resource assessment of structural elements
2022
Doctoral theses
Reuse of concrete elements in architecture: characterisations and design methods for sustainable structures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Policy-based Exploration of Equilibrium Representations (PEER): A topology grammar for generative conceptual structural design
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Optimum design of low environmental impact structures through component reuse
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020.Patents
Load bearing device
US2022389710; EP4051846; WO2021083952; EP3816360.
2021.