Team

Barbara Lambec · Postdoctoral research

Barbara developed a passion for banal architecture and its necessary ingenuity linked to the economy of means. She is currently pursuing research on evaluating the reuse potential of architectural components in the Swiss building stock.

PhD candidate in Architecture @ EPFL since 2020 | DSA Patrimoine @ ENSA Paris Belleville 2013-2015 | Licence, ADE, and HMONP @ ENSA Marne la Vallée 2007-2013 | Année d’échange @ TU Eindhoven 2010-2011.

Han Gao · Postdoctoral researcher

Han Gao’s research interests lie in digital twin, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and circularity in the construction industry. He is currently exploring the potential of integrating different data sources to predict material flows within building stocks, contributing to the development of advanced urban twin models.

Postdoc researcher on the UrbanTwin project @ EPFL since 2024 | PhD in Civil Engineering @ HUST (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) 2019–2024 | Visiting PhD student @ TUB (Technical University of Berlin) 2021-2022 | Master in Management Science and Engineering @ HUST 2016–2019 | Bachelor in Engineering Management @ Xihua University 2011–2015.

Maria Sivers · Postdoctoral researcher / Sciencepreneur

Maria is passionate about the circular economy ideas and reuse in the construction sector, combined with entrepreneurship and innovations. She is a fellow of the EPFLInnovators Programme co-funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

PhD candidate in Architecture @ EPFL since 2019 | Project manager & entrepreneur since 2011 | Internship @ Parliament of Ukraine | Research assistant @ KNUBA 2009-2019 | Research exchange @ TU Munich 2008-2009 | Professional architect since 2005 | Bachelor & Master in Architecture and Reconstruction @ KNUBA/ University of Kyiv 1999-2005.

Pierre Zurbrügg · Lecturer

Building on his own practice, Pierre teaches construction technology, building materials, building services and building renovation to bachelor and master students in Architecture. He joined SXL in September 2021.

Lecturer @ EPFL since 2004 | PhD @ EPFL 2005-2010 | Own design office @ Penthalaz VD since 1997 | Ba. & Ma. Arch. @ EPFL 1991-1997 | Research engineer @ Câbleries de Cossonay 1988-1991 | Ba. Elec. Eng. @ HSR Rapperswil 1984-1987 | Apprenticeship in Elec. @ Brucker, Fällanden ZH 1980-1984.

Léa Boulic · Lecturer

Léa’s interests include the interplay of forces and forms in architectural design and how the structural dimension of a project can contribute to defining and strengthening its architectural concept.

Lecturer @ EPFL since 2021 | Postdoc @ ETHZ 2020 | PhD in Architecture @ ETHZ 2016-2019 | Diplôme d’Etat d’Architecture @ ENSA Nantes 2009-2014 | Diplôme d’Ingénieur @ Ecole Centrale de Nantes 2009-2012

Zoé Bahy · Teaching assistant

Maxence Grangeot · PhD Candidate

Maxence’s PhD research explorations relate to new assembly methods for cyclopean concrete rubble. Sometimes he also plays with digital tools for that purpose. He is the coordinator of the rebuiLT project. 

Sc. A. @ SXL 2021-2022 | R. A. @ IBOIS 2020 | T.A. @ CNPA 2015-2016 | B.Sc and M.Sc in Architecture @ EPFL 2014-2021 | Project Leader, J. Architect @ Fujimoto 2018-2019 | Intern @ OMA 2017-2018 | Intern @ Ishigami 2017

Meera Mahadevan · PhD Candidate

Meera has been intrigued by the interplay of technological, socio-economic, and political factors in enabling sustainable solutions for the built environment. A civil engineer by training, she has always strived to understand this holistic perspective in her research expeditions. At SXL, Meera will be working on evaluating the long-term impacts of circular transition at a community level. 

PhD candidate @ SXL since 2024 | Junior Engineer @ Basler & Hofmann June-Sep 2024 | Decarbonisation engineer Intern @ Optiml July-Dec 2023 | Intern @ Transsolar Munich Sep 2023-Feb 2024 | Master in Integrated Building Systems @ ETHZ 2020-2024 | Bachelor of Technology(Honors) in Civil Engineering @ NIT Tiruchirappalli, India 2016-2020

Kristina Kröll · Affiliated PhD Candidate

Kristina has a strong interest in developing design tools to seamlessly integrate reused elements into construction projects, promoting circular economy principles. She is passionate about the interface between resource-efficient architecture, structural solutions and computational design. Her PhD position is part of the Eurotech PhD Program at TU/e Eindhoven and is a collaboration with the Structural Xploration Lab, EPFL.

PhD cand. in Architecture @TU/e Eindhoven and EPFL since 2023 | Research Assist. @Structural Design and Construction and @BIM Institute, U. of Wuppertal 2019-2023 | Arch. @agn Niederberghaus & Partner 2020-2022 | Junior Arch. @HPP Architekten 2019 | Ba. and Ma. in Arch. @U. of Wuppertal 2013-2019 | Exchange year @U. of Missouri, Columbia 2018-2019 | Junior Designer @Archi-Tectonics, NYC, USA 2016.

Matthieu Romann · Affiliated PhD Candidate

Soon arriving · PhD Candidate

Soon arriving · PhD Candidate