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Building out of concrete, but without pouring concrete

Published:11.10.21 — EPFL researchers have built a footbridge prototype using reinforced-concrete blocks from walls of a building being renovated. The blocks were cut into individual pieces on site and assembled into a prestressed arch. This project, which marks the first time concrete has been reused in this way, is part of an initiative to substantially shrink the construction industry’s carbon footprint by adopting a circular economy approach. The footbridge will be inaugurated at a ceremony at the Smart Living Lab in Fribourg on 11 October.

EAST show at the Biennale Svizzera del Territorio

Published:05.10.20 — The exhibition Rather Than – Sustainable action in the work of Studio EAST, part of the Swiss Biennal of the Territory can be visited until the 13th of November.

The 2021 City of Ecublens Prize for a project carried out at LAST

Published:18.10.21 — The master project of Juliette Armanet and Morgane Voirol, carried out at the Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST), received the City of Ecublens Prize, which was awarded to them during the recent Master's degree graduation ceremony 2021. Their work focuses on the notion of intergenerational housing in the context of a long life-expectancy society.

Slowing down our lifestyles

Published:13.10.21 — Vincent Kaufmann, director of the Urban Sociology Laboratory, co-authored the book "Pour en finir avec la vitesse", which proposes avenues out of our frenetic rhythm of life.

3D detectors measure social distancing to help fight Covid-19

Published:07.05.21 — A team of EPFL researchers has repurposed an algorithm they initially developed for self-driving cars to help people comply with social distancing requirements. Their program, which works with a camera, can detect whether individuals are maintaining the right distance to prevent infection – without collecting any personal data. It could be useful for public transport systems, in shops and restaurants, and even in factories.

New collaborator at LIPID

Published:04.05.21 — Jeffrey hubbard joined forces with the LIPID team on May 1st, 2021.

Maléna Bastien Masse (SXL) on Swiss National Radio

Published:13.10.21 — This Wednedsday morning, Maléna Bastien Masse, postdoctoral researcher at the Structural Xploration Lab, was interviewed by the Swiss national radio (RTS). For 10 minutes, she presented the recently-unveiled Re:Crete footbridge, a post-tensioned concrete arch made of sections of reinforced-concrete walls, obtained from a building under renovation. She was interviewed by Stéphane Délétroz during the CQFD emission.

A Kazakh experiment in handwriting

Published:26.02.21 — New EPFL research on whether handwriting skills transfer when a child writes in two different alphabetic scripts may pave the way for cross-lingual digital tools for the detection of handwriting difficulties.

International Conference on Architectural Criticism

Published:04.10.21 — Lecture by Christophe Van Gerrewey on the "truth content" of the Rolex Learning Center