Proving that reused concrete components are reusable again!
At the heart of Lausanne’s museum centre last month, I was privileged to showcase new structural and spatial possibilities using the same structural elements used in previous demonstrators of Maxence Grangeot's PhD thesis at SXL and CRCL. These prefabricated wall elements made from concrete rubble, originally fabricated in collaboration with Prelco, were disassembled from the tower configuration, and combined again with cut concrete slabs, into a pavilion whose structural layout and connections were validated by NFIC, and installation carried out in collaboration with Marti.
This public pavilion has been exhibited as part of Tracés/espazium first “Baukultur Festival” for their 150 years anniversary, a kind invitation from editor in chief Marc Frochaux.
This new configuration displays this innovative structural wall as pieces of a standing catalog, while echoing design features of known figures in architecture history.
Showing once more that concrete can be reused, creating structure from concrete at ultra-low environmental footprint, and more so, in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
More info available here: https://go.epfl.ch/rubble-reuse
Team: Maxence Grangeot, Célia Küpfer, Corentin Fivet
Many thanks to the partners and sponsors:
Structural Xploration Lab EPFL, Laboratory for Creative Computation EPFL
Prelco, Marti Construction SA, Nicolas Fehlmann Ingénieurs Conseils SA,
And to collaborators:
Friderici Special SA, Atelier PopUp, SRREC, Gallo Transports, Solène Hoffmann Photographie, Groupe JPF, GIS EPFL, Imaging Center EPFL