The SXL’s goal is to support the construction industry in its transition towards a more circular economy, with a reduced environmental impact. The research group focuses on the geometry of structural solutions, their interactive composition, and their construction.
Projects
Build-Unbuild-Repeat
Footprint Assessment of Reuse
Generative Grammars for Structural Explora…
Hidden Genericity
Mapping Geneva’s embodied carbon legacy
ReuSlab
Reversible Building Design
Reversible Structures: Learning the future…
Stock-Based Structural Form-Finding
Waste Reclamation | Elastic Gridshell
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Contact
Corentin Fivet
Head of Structural Xploration Lab (SXL)
Tenure Track Assistant Professor- EPFL
-low carbon and reusable
-load-bearing systems
-design and construction processes
-load-bearing systems
-design and construction processes
Information
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Publications
Design and fabrication of a reusable kit of parts for diverse structures
Automation in Construction
2021 | SXL
Articles
Sustainability through reuse: a reconfigurable structural system for residential and office buildings
Proceedings of the "Beyond2020" - World Sustainable Built Environment Online Conference
2020 | SXL
Conference Papers
The zaojing: review of a unique wooden construction typology
International Journal of the Construction History Society
2020 | SXL
Articles